[V8] Smoking V8

[Paul Jager]

This is true, however......

COLD Oil pumps up into head, and with high viscosity it's a race between
draining out the return holes or going through the valve seals which have
excess clearance because of cold or ambient temperature. This is where 5W15
Synthetic helps this motor.

HOT When the motor is at temperature, the oil returns much faster and the
valve stem seals are much tighter because everything is hot.

I think this information is important because I don't think the seals are
necessarily defective on the V8, since there is little or no smoke during
normal operations. I know some have replaced the seals due to the COLD
phenomena.

Paul
www.jageng.com



  Valve seals ..................



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    From:  Paul Jager <pjager at telus.net>
    Reply-To:  pjager at telus.net
    To:  v8 at audifans.com
    Subject:  Re: [V8] Smoking V8
    Date:  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:50:12 -0800
    >
    >Start V8 cold and never run to full temp, then stop engine. Wait for at
    >least 8 hours, then restart = oil smoke on start-up.
    >
    >Start V8 cold, run to temperature drive etc. Wait for 8 hours & start =
no
    >smoke on start-up.
    >
    >
    >Reasons why are simple enough. No repair needed unless you do #1
frequently.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >-contributions welcome!
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