Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 08:07:18 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Mobil1 15-50 and setting a new piston ring
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My bet is that the problem is still there. It could also be a bad intake
valve guide. The cylinders could be worn or damaged or there is miss matched
undersize piston in there. Any sound of piston slap?
I won't get into the break in oil theories as that can start another winded
discussion. When I put together an engine I'll start with a cheap oil since
no matter how hard one tries we cannot ret things perfectly clean. After the
engine is running and ready for service I'll change the oil and filter again
and if the customer wants the Mobil 1 goes in. Do a compression and leak
down test. Most likely the engine will need to come apart again.
It also shouldn't take long to bleed the cooling system. Check the archives
for my past posts. I try to get it done before the engine warms up.
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Paul Rogers
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2013 7:03 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Mobil1 15-50 and setting a new piston ring
Hey Listies,
I finally got my 2.1L long block with components from my 1.9L finished and
It's Alive! It actually works much to my amazement. I'm in the process of
dialing it in now. I've got the timing pretty close for now and I'm
attempting to bleed the cooling system. One thing I'm a little concerned
about is the amount of blue smoke. I haven't run it for longer than about 10
mins or so and that wasn't all at the same time. The guy I bought the long
block from said he had it in his Vanagon but took it out because it was
using a lot of oil. He said he fixed the problem ring but never used it
again. I've got Mobil1 15-50 in it and I've read several posts on the Samba
that the ring won't seat with synthetic oil in. In fact I've read that I can
do some serious damage to the cylinder by causing it to glaze over and the
ring will never seat. Can someone please verify this for me. The engine is
running sweet, sounds good too. But it is spewing blue smoke, I figured it
would but I have no idea what a reasonable time it should take to stop
smoking. Any input from the brain trust of the list will be gratefully
appreciated. I don't want to do something wrong at this point.
TIA,
Paul in Tracy
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