I recently had a blown headgasket and i drove on longer than i should have.. I fixed it had the head resurfaced, new headgasket, PNP, valve job, itr valves...ect... And now its all put together and it smokes a little and eats up oil.... did i damage my piston rings that hold oil from driving on a blown headgasket for so long??? or did the machine shop not put the valveguides in right??? I dont have as much internal knowledge as id like... Any help is appriciated

 

How much mileage does the block even have on it?
Was it smoking before you did up the head like it is now?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CleanLikeJdm &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How much mileage does the block even have on it?
Was it smoking before you did up the head like it is now?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea we need more details son...

 

about 90k... And it smoked a little.... I also have a high flow cat with a stock exhaust... I dont know if that makes a difference

 

do a cylinder leakage test and a oil pressure test. should point you in the right direction.

 

i could be your valve stem seals especially if you got your block cleaned in solvent. did you replace them? im sure thats what it is!!! keep us posted

 

machine shops mess up sometimes. What caused your blown headgasket in the first place? Maybe the problem lies there. Maybe you weakened your rings or something else as you blew your headgasket. The added compression of a good head (hehee good head) might have caused your rings or whatever else to call it quits.

You know how they say that sometimes when you replace the top end, the bottom end will go? Well..whatever, they say it.

 

Most likely your piston rings. You could need a rebuild already or at the least new piston rings to be broken in, as sad as it sounds. Depends on how you treat the car, or the previous owner treated it. Driving around on a blown head gasket doesn't help either. You also could have warped your head.

 

just do a cylinder leakage test and you will know for sure if it is rings that is the problem...

 

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eating oil like the cookie monster ???

 

yes it is

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by o0oz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do a cylinder leakage test and a oil pressure test. should point you in the right direction.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Do you mean leakdown test and compression test? haha

But anyway, if they rebuilt the head then that wouldn't be it unless they seriously messed up bad. It's probably your rings like people said, or an uneven deck or head surface. I don't think a blown headgasket will do anything to your rings (unless a whole bunch of water got in your combustion chambers but I think that'd cause other damage other than bad rings), they were probably just worn in the first place. Try getting those replaced and I'd also replace the bearings down there if I was you, at the same time... which would also be a good time to just get nice rods and pistons.

 

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Do you mean leakdown test and compression test? haha

But anyway, if they rebuilt the head then that wouldn't be it unless they seriously messed up bad. It's probably your rings like people said, or an uneven deck or head surface. I don't think a blown headgasket will do anything to your rings (unless a whole bunch of water got in your combustion chambers but I think that'd cause other damage other than bad rings), they were probably just worn in the first place. Try getting those replaced and I'd also replace the bearings down there if I was you, at the same time... which would also be a good time to just get nice rods and pistons. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i believe in technician terms... a leakdown test is primarily to test hydraulic lifters and a cylinder leakage test is the air leak.

 

I've never heard of a cylinder leakage test and always heard leakdown test but either way, no big deal...

 

does the block need to be taken out of the car and torn down... to change the pistons and rods??? does it need to be honed cause it has high miles????

 

i would its easier and yes get it honed cause if not it will smoke check to see how good the cylinder walls are then see if you need a honing job but i would do it anyways