Heavy breathing

[Hemi]

evening Gents,
looking for advice / help , the cruiser when warm starts to smoke blue / black smoke on tick over and under load , the engine less than 1000 miles ago has had piston rings ,valve guides stem seals and rockers re Profiled etc so I don’t think there is any catastrophic problems with the engine .

the breather pipe from the rocker cover to the top of the carb/ air intake is heavily oiled , I haven’t done a compression test just to make sure , any thoughts
regards

 

[chapel gate]

Did you follow a running in precedure?

 

[Hemi]

i bought it from Andy on here so it was run in before I owned it

 

[Shayne]

All tight and good so pressuring the sump which is why we have a crank breather , put a catch can in .

 

[Hemi]

Ok update , compression test on five cylinders shows 415-420 ,number four cylinder is showing 235 , could be a sticking valve or rings.

 

[AndycruiserguyLomas]

Its a pity if it has to come apart. I think it had around 400 miles on it when you bought it. Possibly it needs to have more of a chance for the rings to bed to the shape of the bore.

 

[Hemi]

True I’ve probably put just over 250 but i feel it will have to come apart in October as I’m just doing the interior now , I may just try and replace the valve springs on cylinder number four it’s worth a try rather than go for a tear down

 

[Hemi]

Gents I’m looking for a supplier in the uk for a gasket set as I need to take the head off and sump to pull the pistons unfortunately cheers

 

[tonytoyota]

Hi I have a head gasket £25 if it is a help.

 

[Hemi]

Cheers tony I’ll have that off you I’m away until Monday and then I’ll sort it out with you

 

[tonytoyota]

Hi Hemi that's good with my I have a 1 or 3 just in case .

 

[kombivan]

Smoky exhausrt eh? Well the injector pump hasd an oil seal in it think it might be leather I myself havent seen it and it seperates the diesel and engine oil when it deterorates the engine oil mixes with the fuel and gives a smoky exhaust very cheap fix apparently but I can't tell you anything more than this as it was a friend that had this problem.

 

[Hemi]

Gents the engine is out and it needs a full rebuild some bores are scored which won’t come out with a buff and require over boring any ideas for oversized pistons and rings ?

 

[Iwan]

Sorry to hear this, if you have the budget how about fitting a 1hd ft 24 valve and modify the gearbox with hzj75 parts or the 80 series h151f?

 

[Hemi]

Sounds good but I would need to hand to someone to do it all

 

[kombivan]

If the engine has dry sleeves they can be pulled out with a large home made puller with a 1" threaded bar an international truck used sleeve to pull the sleeve up through and a 3/4 inch plate on the underside rebated to fit snugly under the sleeve put the nut on the bottom side and a 3/4 rattle gun on the top side took me 1 week to remove the 6 dry sleeves from my cruiser continously working on it. but was worth it as I have new sleeves original bore in my truck.

 

[Hemi]

In for a penny in for a pound as they say next weapon of choice is a factory 2HT With an aftermarket intercooler , yes it needs a bit of tlc but we’ll sort it and back up and running , many thanks Andy

 

[Hemi]

Got these two on their way to me to finish of the upgrade

 

[AndycruiserguyLomas]

Got these two on their way to me to finish of the upgrade

You don't hang about do you John.

 

[Hemi]

Lol got to keep moving forward