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puffing smome at gear chage high revs
tjoh84 - 16/9/07 at 10:26 AM

hiya i been told by my dad when he was behind me at high revs and changing gear i was puffing smoke what do you think this could be please

nitram38 - 16/9/07 at 10:42 AM

Put your fag out?

jambojeef - 16/9/07 at 10:43 AM

Does it do the same when you fire it up for the first time?

Id be guessing valve stem oil seals if it does. Even if its not covered many miles they can perish and lose their seal on the valve stem.

Replaced the valve stem oil seals on my old CVH engined fiesta years ago when at Uni and it sorted similar symptoms out immediately.

Not that expensive, came with a whole top end gasket set for around £20 iirc

Geoff

tjoh84 - 16/9/07 at 10:56 AM

thanks for that will look in to it

speedyxjs - 16/9/07 at 11:05 AM

quote:
Originally posted by nitram38
Put your fag out?


tjoh84 - 16/9/07 at 04:02 PM

sorry new to all this where are the the seal valve stem seals are the hard to change

Fatboy Dave - 16/9/07 at 04:19 PM

depends, what engine have you got?

tjoh84 - 16/9/07 at 05:24 PM

1300 x flow

rusty nuts - 16/9/07 at 06:09 PM

Oil level too high ! Only fill to 1/2 way between max and min. Could be breather problem if fault still present ? Also worth checking compressions? Valve stem oil seals would show up as heavy smoking after idling for some time.

tjoh84 - 16/9/07 at 09:04 PM

thnaks for that i will chack at weekend

DarrenW - 17/9/07 at 08:15 AM

Mine was smoky when i filled to top mark on dipstick. (Pinto and shortened sump). If i fill between bottom and mid marks its no problem.