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| RE: I ran my new 390 with a valve cover off |
| By RC Moser - 08/27/2000 9:55:13 PM; IP 152.163.197.53 |
| Bill, I first have to ask if your Valve covers were vented with the PCV valve? Did you put a direct pressure gauge on it? If so what was the pressure? Do you have the standard rocker/lifters and were they known good before the rebuild? To me running the engine with the valve covers off with no little clips to slow down the oil flow will make guite a mess. A guart in a minute or two would be normal to me with both covers off. You say is smokes and burns a quart every 75 miles. Does is smoke on acceleration or deacceleration? Smoke bad when you first start it? With this kind of oil burning you should be able to see it on the plugs? I'd do a compression check to see if the bottom end is good. Is the oil on all the plugs or just a few? I'll take a guess if it's got good compression say around 150 across all cylinders and say it probably the valve guides and seals if all the plugs are oil fouled. Guides are hard to get knurd right. Hope this gives you some more Ideas? RC |
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