my Cadillac blows cloudy gray smoke and, it's burning oil slowly but showly. I was told that it could be a Oil Seal or needs new heads...
May 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM
1965 Cadillac Deville when accelerating,
1965 CADILLAC DEVILLE
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RASMATAZ
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Sounds like Rich A/F mixture -Burning oil-do a compression or leakdown test to find out where its leaking at.
May 17, 2008 at 12:33 AM
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[quote:4ee7ccfd52="rasmataz"]Sounds like Rich A/F mixture -Burning oil-do a compression or leakdown test to find out where its leaking at.[/quote:4ee7ccfd52]
oil leaking could be a seal, try valve cover gaskets first start at the top
burning oil could be valve stem seals or stuck oil rings, with the valve covers off you can change the valve stem seals if you know how, you need a air compressor and a valve spring compressor, I would start there
oil leaking could be a seal, try valve cover gaskets first start at the top
burning oil could be valve stem seals or stuck oil rings, with the valve covers off you can change the valve stem seals if you know how, you need a air compressor and a valve spring compressor, I would start there
May 17, 2008 at 9:05 PM
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