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Originally Posted by j cAT
that was the test I told you to do in a prior post of yours...'"with the oil fill cap off does it smoke" ????
this means combustion chamber gases are being driven past the rings into the crankcase..
with experience in this you can look at the puffs of blue smoke...is it all cylinders or one...
it is very possible with the vehicle sitting for a couple of years the compression rings got stuck...then because marvel mystery oil was not put into the plug holes of each cylinder to soak/lube the rings prior to first start up ,,,the rings scored the cylinder walls,,or cracked the rings..
ya sure the PCV and hoses going to/from as well as the ports that are on engine may be plugged causing this....but I thought you already got the PCV replaced and checked that it was sucking..ok..
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The thing about the compression rings being stuck seems very possible. I'll put that on the top of my list of possible causes. And yes i have replaced the hoses and PCV, i rechecked that yesterday and its still working. Ahh well, the only thing i have money/time for is to put some "Restore" into my oil and see how that goes, i've heard some very convincing reviews from this stuff, but i dunno what any of you guys think about it.
UPDATE: decided i won't use RESTORE afterall lol. Like i said i found some very "positively" convincing reviews, but i just found some bad ones which are also just as convincing. So i'd rather be safe then sorry and just not use it. I'm due for an oil change, its been 3,000 miles and oil is medium/dark brown but not black. I've been using 10W-30, but i think i might get 15W-30 and see how that works, or would i notice a bigger difference with 20W-30?