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Post by Blake on Feb 23, 2019 9:17:43 GMT
my 1969 Austin 1800 I bought 2-3 days ago had bean sitting for around 2 years it started and drove onto my car trailer then when I got home I drove off of the trailer up the hill then idled I got out and walked away then watched it.and in less the 30 seconds there was smoke filling the air I quickly turned off the car but I kept going so I pulled of the spark plug wirers and it turned off I have checked the sparks plugs and they are full of oil I stoke a clean screw drive down all cylinders and they all have 3-4 mm of oil in them please help.
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Post by snoopy11 on Feb 23, 2019 19:07:13 GMT
In all honesty that doesn’t sound good. Could be piston rings or a crack in the head or block which would mean a strip down and rebuild
Is the oil in every cylinder?
If it is, there is a small possibility that it’s got a thin modern synthetic oil in that’s working it’s way passed the piston rings when under pressure
If there was a crack I would expect the oil to be in one or two cylinders.
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Post by Blake on Feb 23, 2019 22:48:34 GMT
thanks snoopy yes there is oil in all 4 cylinders ill drain the oil and refill it. the oil in car is possibly very old and needs changing anyway. but I dought it the synthetic oil problem because it was running and driving then all of a sudden it was like a steam train. I put the car in the shed and checked the oil and it just on full. my pops coming tonight and we will look over the engine and if necessary we ill strip and rebuild the engine.
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Post by dave1800 on Feb 24, 2019 0:21:00 GMT
The fact it is in all cylinders suggest it may be possible that the previous owner added the oil down the plug holes to prevent corrosion while standing. How long did you run the engine? It should have burned off quite quickly if that is the case.
You could take out the plugs and spin the engine on the starter to blow out the oil, taking care to catch it with rags.
David
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Post by Blake on Feb 24, 2019 10:19:20 GMT
thanks david to day we did the tappet's then started the car and it went fine and blew no smoke I took if for a drive and there was no smoke I think what happened was that I parked it on my drive way which is a really steep hill
but thanks for all the help
Blake
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Post by Penguin45 on Feb 24, 2019 14:00:07 GMT
Compression test next.
C.
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