Re: Engine wear

[Richard Clough]

Its probably pulling oil through the valve stems when you lift off at five grand.  You would be generating a fair inlet manifold vacuum, so it would easily suck the oil into the inlet ports on the gear change.  When you hit the power in the next gear you burn the sucked in oil.   If its not using lots of oil this probably the problem.  It can be easily fixed by installing new valve stem seals, unless the valve guides themselves are worn. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Richardson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 15 September 2000 23:12 PM Subject: Engine wear Hi list   Could somebody please offer a diagnosis on my L18?  It blows a decent puff of smoke during gearchanges if driven hard-ish (changing at 5000rpm).  Otherwise not smokey at all.  What is likely to be wrong and what would it cost to fix?   Thanks!   - Tom --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------