On Sat, 18 Feb 95 15:57:36 CST Bill Layton said: > After just a few moments enoromous billowing clouds of oily >blue ish smoke pours out the tailpipe.There's no doubt about the oil in >it-wiping a rag around the tailpipe gave plenty on the rag. >In the cars I've tinkered with, worn rings were common but >i've never seen something happen like this-boom then lots of >oil pouring in the combustion chamber. i'd bet on a valve spring collapse or a broken rocker arm. any noise?? how bout loss of power (or were you not driving it)? something is letting a lot of oil into the cylinder ... could also be a broken oil ring. pull the plugs to see which cylinder it is. if it's two on the same side, it might be a rocker arm assembly that's come loose after the rebuild. good luck. joel
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