high oil pressure
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I haven't checked the vacuum at the PCV valve yet, but I will as soon as its not so damn cold out, apparently it'll be just below freezing later this week around here. If it's a little fix like a clogged vacuum line to the PCV valve, great!
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I pulled the PCV valve with the engine running and there's lots of vacuum there, sucked my finger right onto the end of it. Is it true that if this was a blowby issue, I'd be down on compression and therefore power?
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If all the blowby is occuring on one cylinder then you might not feel much difference in performance other than a little roughness at idle/low speed. If all cylinders/rings are bad then you probably would suffer a noticible loss of power. I'd do a proper compression check to see whats happening.
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Originally Posted by Tremclad
I. Is it true that if this was a blowby issue, I'd be down on compression and therefore power?
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From: Virginia
Originally Posted by rbaker6336
that looks like some water mixed
How long have you had this truck, and how much have you driven it? After you drive it for awhile, you "get to know" the engine, and it communicates other things to you like;
Uses a little bit of oil.
Little bit of smoke on start up
Little bit of knocking when first started.
Has high miles.
All of this, along with the blowby, is just a sign that the engine is wore out. That does not mean it's not usable, the blowby is just a product of a lot of wear in the engine. The compression test may also reveal more about the engine's health.
If the compression numbers are pretty even on all cylinders, the engine probably has some life still in it, but it's in the sunset years of it's life.
P.S. Your alternator is on the wrong side of the engine.
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Originally Posted by Franklin2
That stuff is normal if you do not drive the engine very much, and take lots of short trips.
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normal for what?? I have had a lot of engines that don't get drove much and never had milky oil without water
where the heck is that pcv hose going to?
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Thanks guys! I was hoping the pics would help give everyone a visual.
The chassis has 136,000 miles on it. The engine is unknown, it's out of a 1978 van and I don't know when it found its way into this truck or how much mileage it did in the van. Right now it uses 2 quarts of oil in 3000 miles, but I'd say a lot of that isn't being burnt but being puked out all over. I drive around 75-100 miles everyday as I commute 40 miles each way to work.
Is the alternator being on the "wrong side" due to it being from a 1978 Econoline van?
When the engine is at normal operating temperature it will blast out some nice black smoke out the exhaust on start up. For instance, after I run into a store and come back out and start it up.
I've got to fix the torn firewall clutch master cylinder problem first this weekend, but I'll try to do the compression check as well.
Should I be looking for another engine to replace this one?
The chassis has 136,000 miles on it. The engine is unknown, it's out of a 1978 van and I don't know when it found its way into this truck or how much mileage it did in the van. Right now it uses 2 quarts of oil in 3000 miles, but I'd say a lot of that isn't being burnt but being puked out all over. I drive around 75-100 miles everyday as I commute 40 miles each way to work.
Is the alternator being on the "wrong side" due to it being from a 1978 Econoline van?
When the engine is at normal operating temperature it will blast out some nice black smoke out the exhaust on start up. For instance, after I run into a store and come back out and start it up.
I've got to fix the torn firewall clutch master cylinder problem first this weekend, but I'll try to do the compression check as well.
Should I be looking for another engine to replace this one?