sick620 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have an L20B that smokes... It came in a parts truck.... It ran good and made me 20miles but when you give it gas you get lots of BLUE smoke.... like you give it a rev and it shoots blue smoke out the exhaust like 10 feet... What do you think is the cause.... is it most likely valve seats? or rings? Quote Link to comment
motavated Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Mostly likely both... New rings are not to hard to do... I thought it was harder. The head well you can rebuild it I guess... But its the rings I know... Quote Link to comment
dat77sun Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 its acting like my 4 wheeler was, its probly valve seals, thats what i had to replace in my four wheeler, but it could be rings also, but to me it sounds like valve seals Quote Link to comment
Zeusimo Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Idle The Truck Stomp On The Gas And Let Go If It Becomes Worse And Slowly Dissipates Then You Valve Stem Seals Are Bad If It Smokes Consistently Then It Is Your Rings Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Man, if you can afford to just replace them both. They're cheap and in the end, you know what's good and whats not. Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 while im in there should i just do new gaskets and bearings too? Quote Link to comment
Zeusimo Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Why Not Just Rebuild It? :mellow: Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 trying to get it going on the cheap... its going in blondesn521's truck but we are on a budget.... Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 just re-ring it... if you dont care and are gonna go on the cheap, just buy a re-ring kit with rod bearings and mains and a gasket kit. take it apart. clean it real good with degreaser and then hot water and soap. dry it out.. then get a hone and put some crosshatch in the cylinders for the rings. and then just put it back together.. done it many times, and all those engines are still driving around this valley.. if you have another head that didnt smoke, put that one on there to keep from havin to take it in to be rebuilt... doo eet. Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 while im in there should i just do new gaskets and bearings too? Why Not Just Rebuild It? :mellow: Buy a re-ring kit and and upper gasket set from Rock auto. Might spend MAYBE $200 at the most and have all the main parts. Top end kit for my 210 included everything from the valve seals to the head gasket and was a $12 Beck/Arnley closeout. Clevite re-ring kit was $112 and included main seal, bearings, rings, etc. Although until you pull the crank and check to see if it's all within spec, you don't really know if it's going to need oversized rod bearings. Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 i told him that to for the goon Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 man hes got enough motors for this truck, the goon and then some... Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 but he doesn't like to get dirty he hates grease on his hands Quote Link to comment
frogpirate Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Back in the day* (a Thursday I think) a buddy and I did a valve job on his lightly smoking '62 Chebby Biscayne (google it. :rolleyes:). It ran better, and smoked twice as bad, as the now sealing valves did a good job of pulling oil past the worn-out rings. He swapped it for a pretty nice VW Bug. Which we blew the motor up on 6 months later, but that is another story! I've done a number of on-the-cheap ring/bearing/top end jobs. Yeah, maybe they aren't good for 100K miles, but they'll certainly do 25K. OTOH, if you do the top, and it still smokes (or smokes worse) you are out some time and a head gasket. Ken aka OldeFarte Quote Link to comment
BlondesN521s Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 but he doesn't like to get dirty he hates grease on his hands Lol... how long on being on ratsun and working on a truck will it take to be somewhat of a professional?? Haha i'm a newb for sure but trying to change that :) Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 i give ya 7 months cole... and you will be a genius.... just surf ratsun.... you'll get self smarted... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj3SIXtLaAY Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 it took you over a week to put in an alternator lol Quote Link to comment
Farmer Joe Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 yeah, and if i didnt put those leafs in yur truck, it would still be all gimpy in the back... lol Quote Link to comment
BlondesN521s Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I have a Youtube video too :D Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 my mom would have beaten me with a wooden spoon for doing that Quote Link to comment
BlondesN521s Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 my mom would have beaten me with a wooden spoon for doing that Lol it's hilarious... Funny, My grandma uses wooden spoons, Maybe you're mom is my grandma! Quote Link to comment
sick620 Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I have a Youtube video too :D helping you out cole http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_jinWsnIhE you have much to learn... :rolleyes: love the video haha Quote Link to comment
BlondesN521s Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I do too lol... I'll get her again, I should post a new thread!!!!!!!! Then every time i get her and a new video... i can share it with everyone :D :D I tried doing that... insert media?? It wouldn't work though lol Quote Link to comment
Skib Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I do too lol... I'll get her again, I should post a new thread!!!!!!!! Then every time i get her and a new video... i can share it with everyone :D :D I tried doing that... insert media?? It wouldn't work though lol - just hit the share button - copy and paste the URL for a youtube vid into your post - it embeds itself - ?????? - profit. Quote Link to comment
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