3.5 V8 Rebuild

No I wasn't sure how to do it didn't think it needed doing, kinda wish I had now.
Is it the seals at fault?
Also are the guides oil fed, if so would they leak? other then that I cant think of anything else that would cause the oil in the bores.

well it can only be rings or stem seals no?

they are easy to do, but you gotta take off the heads unless you got some kinds compressed air gizmo to push the valves up.

when the heads off and the valves out just pull off the old ones with pliers and then put some oil on the new one so it slides on easy as they are feckin tight on the guide!

Just be careful the spring doesnt fall off the rubber when you press them down lol

discomark10 said:

No I wasn't sure how to do it didn't think it needed doing, kinda wish I had now.
Is it the seals at fault?
Also are the guides oil fed, if so would they leak? other then that I cant think of anything else that would cause the oil in the bores.

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not oil fed though oil could leak past inlets ,worn bores or poor ring bore contact ,wrong oil

you shoulda got the re-bore mark

shurup!
I would have thought piston ring issues would cause pressure in the sump?

discomark10 said:

shurup!
I would have thought piston ring issues would cause pressure in the sump?

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it might be but not necessarily a poor cross hatch can leave too much oil on the cylinder walls ,as can the wrong oil

does it smoke?
if so on over run or on power.?

over run=valves/valve seals etc..(vacum sucking oil in past valve seals)
power= rings/scored bore/worn bore etc.
(ususally)

I'll have to test it, I saw the smoke on a pic, but unsure if it was on lift off or power

my old lo comp 3.5 currently in the car uses some oil according to 6 of the plugs but I have never seen any smoke, I thought it was rings on her as it was set up very lean by a ****e mechanic before I learnt to do it properly my self although it does have the ol style heads on it.

I am not sure how either of us could really tell apart from a compression test with oil down the bore for the 2nd test

Well I may even just leave it as it not using oil. nothing bad that can be caused by a bit of oil in the bore is there?

coke I suppose but not much to worry about

if the plugs are fouling you could always try one step on temp with plugs..ie go hotter.

what oil is you using??

mobil 1. 10-60 is good for old engines..expensive yes, but has lots of additives to stop oil loss though whatever reason..but try plugs first..ngk i find are excellent..just plain copper tip type is all you need.(ngk heat range is opposite to champion by the way)

fett said:

coke I suppose but not much to worry about

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tis if it gets too much around/under rings..but gotta be quite severe to be of any real harm...

pic of a plug maybe???

I forget what plugs it has. And its cheap asda oil as im doing the 1000mile run in. Then I got some gtx to go in.

dont worry den...if you did rings they may well not be run in yet!

change the oil though..first oil change should be at 500miles or less..(to clear out any crap you may have missed)

Ok kool. The run in additive says to run for 1k though?

is that the cam one in the black bottle from real steel?

Yea

ahh, I thought that just went in for the cam break in period/first run

dont be too gentle in running him/her in...engine likes varied loads, up and down the rev range..just not long on power up hills type of thing..
motorway cruising excessive idling is a no no..