More bad news. This just gets wrose every week that goes by.
Engine problems. I think between having the engine outside with bad weather and maybe problems it may have already had. Although when I got the engine it had good oil, well it was black used with no water in it or any thing. The plugs I took out were not that bad just used. hummm.
I have black or grey/blue smoke coming out now. I checked a couple of plugs and they are black and oily. Then I checked the oil cap and it had a little milky stuff on it. Then I poped the breather out and it has condensation on it and in the valve cover where it goes in.
I'm guessing it need to be rebuilt. If so It'll have to wait till after I move. Just need it to run a little so I can get it out of the back yard.
:egypt: :-(
OK, we need to know a few things, What motor is it, what size is it, and what year its suppossed to be. This will help us make a better determination to what probably is going on.
I would say that if you've got a couple of black sooty plugs, gotta determine if its gas fouled or oil fouled. If the plugs were ok before....somethings happened or someones done something to the motor.
!st thing to do, make sure it has water in the radiator, then make sure it has oil. Pull the dipstick, wipe it off and look at it. If its just milky white on the upper dipstick and not in the oil, you are OK....The crankcase is not venting properly. If there is any water at all in the oil....STOP IMMEDIATELY! Don't run this MOTOR! If you small it and you find antifreeze, Don't run this motor!. If all esle checks, proceed....
As for the 'Milkshake' in the breather.....someones probably got the PCV and crankcase venting thing done wrong....I see it done a million times, show up to get a blown motor all sorted out, then 'OH, by the way....' they've got the motor wheres its sweating inside. Happens more than you realize. PCV valve can cause this, (rare), PCV lines hookes up wrong, (about 40% of the time), PCV not hooked up at all, (about 60% of the time).
Crank the motor up and let it get up to operating temp., that will take care of the milkshake stuff....as the motor gets hot, that white stuff will evaporate....but not if you have a internal water leak, you must eliminate these as you troubleshoot. The PCV will also throw oil past your rings and guides if you got too much base pressure.
After you get the motor up to temp, well, listen to the motor, it will talk to you and let you know if somethings amiss. If its smoking slightly, that might be part of the drying out process....as long as it don't start knocking or sqealing, or really super bad smoking....you should be good. Listen for hard metallic hitting sounds. If you experience anyof these horrible things, SHUT IT OFF IMMEDIATELY!!!!!
After the motor gets warm, check your radiator, you should have the same amount you started with....if its low and you don't see any external leaks, you probably got one inside. If water checks OK, pull the dipstick....if its not white but a nice oily black or any normal oily color other than white or green, (green is antifreeze), you'd be ok to continue.
Next, you want your PCV either in one valvecover or the other, Pontiacs vent from the Lifter valley, as do some other motors, the other side of the motor usually has a breather cap, twist or push in, on the opposite valvecover. Maybe your breather sits atop a long metal tube from underneath your intake manifold....(Early Chevys). You can do a search on this here...all of us hashed this out for a fella quite a while back...hooking up his PCV stuff.
After you check that the PCV is still working as it should, (blow thru it one way, and thru it the other, its a oneway valve and if you can shake it and hear it rattle, all should be good with it) Get your PCV setup hooked up, ckeck the plugs, if the plug smells like gas, they're gas fouled, it they're shiney black and oily...theres either guides worn out, a guide seal has gone byebye, or possible worn rings or a cracked ring....
Clean those plugs and stick them back in,fire the motor back up and see if the smoke goes away. It should if the motors ok, mechanically speaking. Your milky stuff should be a thing of the past though if your PCV system is hooked up and working.
If you notice a big puff of black smaoke when you first start the motor....its your valveguides. If it smokes steadily and gets bade when you rev it, its the rings. Now, pull off that newly hooked up PCV line and stick your thumb over it...if you feel a good bit of pressure blowing agianst your thumb, thats too much base pressure....your rings are shot.
Hope this helps you troubleshoot your ride.....
