houlimon
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- Joined
- Oct 10, 2013
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- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Vehicle Year
- 1984
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Size
- 2.8l V6
- Transmission
- Manual
I believe I need to replace my Valve stem seals for truck is burning oil under acceleration.
Waiting on the seals to show up this morning. was wondering if y'all had a few tricks to make this a little easier? truck is lifted 6-8 inches. i'm not to sure the valve spring compressor i'm looking at will work very well. Also i have never done valve seals before and i don't know how to pull or remove the retainer locks and really do not want to break anything in the process.
Truck idles fine. Upon acceleration exhaust starts to blue smoke pretty bad. once i let off gas and truck returns to idle blue smoke goes away. not burning coolant.
Truck has been a sitting project for the past 13 years. Luckily the truck is a Socal truck so it isn't a rust bucket!! This week i will be doing compression test so i know the numbers.
California Smog is the goal.
Thanks
Waiting on the seals to show up this morning. was wondering if y'all had a few tricks to make this a little easier? truck is lifted 6-8 inches. i'm not to sure the valve spring compressor i'm looking at will work very well. Also i have never done valve seals before and i don't know how to pull or remove the retainer locks and really do not want to break anything in the process.
Truck idles fine. Upon acceleration exhaust starts to blue smoke pretty bad. once i let off gas and truck returns to idle blue smoke goes away. not burning coolant.
Truck has been a sitting project for the past 13 years. Luckily the truck is a Socal truck so it isn't a rust bucket!! This week i will be doing compression test so i know the numbers.
California Smog is the goal.
Thanks