[V8] heads up! heads off!

[D Morralee]

I did my valve seals about three years ago and they are fine now. 

Question , lets say you start your car up and just move it and then shut it off ... when you re-start it , does it smoke then ?  (yes, then it's Valve stem seals ) 

Your symptoms could be valve stem seals or as Dave said Rings ( or a fuel metering problem )  

 

superdave 4.2 
 
> From: dsaad at icehouse.net
> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:58:24 -0600
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] heads up! heads off!
> 
> I did that several years ago Peter. It seemed to help a little, but 
> the real problem with the early 3.6L motors appears to be rings. 
> They are weak, or have a poorly designed oil ring or something like 
> that. I replaced my rings about 1.5 years ago (with Teves) and the 
> motor has been running great with no blue smoke at all.
> FYI, you can not get bearings for this motor (at least I could not 
> find any) so I re-used my old rod bearings and did not remove the 
> crank main bearings. The machine shop thought this was crazy, but 
> they followed my instructions and it seems to have worked out OK.
> btw, the rod bolts are the stretch type - and you can get 
> replacements for them. They also fit the VR6 motor. I used the 
> torque specs for that motor.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Mar 30, 2009, at 5:17 AM, Peter Littlewood wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi Everyone!
> >
> >
> >
> > Well having managed to buy a cheap runabout (another V8 of course) 
> > I have decided to finally, after a number of years to tackle the 
> > valve stem seals, which have caused much embarrassment upon kickdown.
> >
> > I've done the timing belt before so I have the tools to hold the 
> > cams still but I have no manuals at all. I've done plenty of 5 
> > cylinder heads before so I'm fairly confident.
> >
> > But does anyone have any info they could send me? tips or advice?
> >
> >
> >
> > I'll expect I'll be mailing you all soon with some sob story!
> >
> > wish me luck
> >
> >
> >
> > Pete Littlewood
> >
> > UK
> >
> > 1991 3.6 V8 178,000 miles Smokin' !
> >
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> >
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> >
> > 1986 200qt running again after 9 years!
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