Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 16:03:21 -0700
Reply-To: Paul Rogers <wognacious@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Paul Rogers <wognacious@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Mobil1 15-50 and setting a new piston ring
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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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