Recent content by thinhman

Mine has ~2400 miles on it already. The smoking will occur at certain times and not every single time. It also does NOT puff ALOT. Just enough to notice it. It doesn't really smoke on start up though... I have NO physical leak what so ever. So I'm certain it's not my seals. I have yet...

...? You lost me bluepearl, why won't the engine run anymore after I pull the head...? I'm going to strip the viton off MHG and spray it with copper spray and re-apply after the head is pulled and redone. Did I miss something...?? Either way IF the head is NOT the problem for my oil, my...

My friends are mechanics........ Everytime I took to another "professional" to look at, they always tell me it's rings. Without doing further diagnosis; some don't bother. Now the machinist I went to for my head in the first place, says he'll inspect the head for me. What's wrong with...

I'm giving my machinist a call today and see what he thinks. As for valve covers they weren't leaking at all. I just redid them when I went to retorque the head down. I FIPG-ed them and tightened those things down!! And I'm still losing the same amount of oil so it has to be the head.

I think I might have posted the spark plugs wrong? They were all wet lol. Not just wet from the galley but wet from bottom of the head too. When I pulled out all the plugs they were all soaked in oil. All the problems point back to the head, but I do not know exactly what I'd be looking...

No my head was machined by the shop that did my block. It was also given a 3-angled valve job along with new valve seals. But I though perhaps this wouldn't matter if the valve train itself was starting to go out. Yes I am pretty confident about my rings at this point in time. And the head...

Did a compression test and maxxed out at 220 across the board!! Steady hold too, not a fast drop so I'm pretty confident my rings are sealed and seated properly. There was detonation all over the spark plugs though...so bad the porcelain started to deteriorate as well. I have a feeling oil...

Okay so I've stop puffing smoke excessively but I am still losing PLENTY of oil. I have not gotten around to that compression test yet; been really busy with school/work and shit. Anyways, I fill up about every 1-2 days of a quart. I am running straight 30w valvoline and about to make the...

So I'm starting to doubt it's my rings. I went to check my oil level right before I flush for my 500 mark and it reads low on the dipstick. I flush and poor the oil into approximately 4 quarts of oil. I then go to fill it and with 5 quarts it hits the full mark on the dipstick and for 6 it...

That's what I thought....I was so confused from that post.

All my routing is correct; like I said I had a few buddies check it out. None of the hoses are misplaced. What I do think though that I might have one of them clogged. I didn't clean the throttle body too well. Would oil filling spark plug galley 5 + 6 have anything to do with me burning...

Okay so the dipstick thing is making me very curious. My dipstick tube does not sit in snug. I can pull it out along with the stick and the one I am using now is from my supra, but the block is from a cressida. But the placement is the same/similar as the supra's. It reads oil level from...

WAIT WHAT??!?!?! Dude I think you just solved my oil issue?! Maybe I'm not leaking oil after all?!?! The block I am using was originally from a cressida...but I removed the dipstick and tube from my supra block....I don't know about front and middle placement? But I did change the oil pump...

Yeah its my first engine rebuilding but I two friends over. One friend who had rebuilt a few 7m's already, and another friend who is a complete mechanic who has been building engines since he was 15 (22 now). My head/block were done by a reputable machinist and no I did not give him the...

Alright I'll run a compression test and a leakdown test when I can. I'll post back results when I get them. I didn't know rings would eat up that much oil... It sure seems like a lot. Plus I did fill it a quart over. Any other suggestions in the meantime?