<VV> Re: [FC] smoking engine.

[Ron]

My Rampside did that just once in over ten years.  I got off the freeway and 
stopped at a store for a few minutes.  When I restarted the hot engine, it 
layed down a dense cloud of oil smoke.  Since I was 1200 miles from home at 
the time, I was quite concerned but continued the trip without any 
recurrance.  It was strange.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Dorogi" <dfamily at cecomet.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 8:13 AM
Subject: [FC] smoking engine.


> This morning I went out to the shop with my neighbor, an 86 year old 
> gentleman that used to work on corvairs in the 60's at a local Chevrolet 
> dealer.  He supervised assembly of the engine a few years ago.   I started 
> the engine on the rampside and it showed no hint of smoke on startup, 
> after idling, or setting for awhile and restarting.  The engine ran smooth 
> as could be, no unusual noises - in other words ran perfect.  Yesterday, 
> it was billowing blue smoke in all the above situations.  It has done this 
> before but usually not as severe.  Why  sometimes and not other times?  I 
> am not imagining things or nuts yet but sometimes I wonder.
>      My neighbor could only recommend leaving the oil about a 1/2 quart 
> low to see if that made a difference.  I only hope it will not decide to 
> smoke at the concours.  Thanks for the suggestions from VV members.  I was 
> ready to tear the engine apart this morning but I will just hope for the 
> best at this point.  Not the right way to fix a problem.  Dennis Dorogi
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