USNA1969
Well-known member
During my last ride, my car slowly started missing, but it got worse quickly. At the end, I barely made it home, with the car bucking and backfiring.
I had been going through a quart of oil every 200 miles or so, and I noticed bluing on the driver's side bumper. So, when the car died, I decided to pull the heads and see if the valves were ok. They weren't bent, but there was a sizeable gummy buildup on some of the exhaust valves. Although I couldn't detect any slop in the guides, the shop relaced some of them, but I don't know which ones because I didn't think to ask.
I have a repair kit for the carb and, along with some epoxy on the infamous leak points on the bottom of the carb, I think the blue smoke will go away.
My problem is that there is wet oil in the #6 and #8 cylinders. Should I remove the pistons to make sure that the rings aren't broken?
I had been going through a quart of oil every 200 miles or so, and I noticed bluing on the driver's side bumper. So, when the car died, I decided to pull the heads and see if the valves were ok. They weren't bent, but there was a sizeable gummy buildup on some of the exhaust valves. Although I couldn't detect any slop in the guides, the shop relaced some of them, but I don't know which ones because I didn't think to ask.
I have a repair kit for the carb and, along with some epoxy on the infamous leak points on the bottom of the carb, I think the blue smoke will go away.
My problem is that there is wet oil in the #6 and #8 cylinders. Should I remove the pistons to make sure that the rings aren't broken?