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Ahh-ha!!!!! 700 1985

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posted by  The Pesky Truth on  Thu Dec 16 06:24 CST 2004
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Hi all,

I just got back inside after working on the mystery smoke issue with my 1985 740 turbo. I have no idea why, but there was too much oil in the engine. The old girl leaks like a cheese grater, so the other day when it was cold I pulled the dipstick, barely any oil on it. I just added a quart and away I went. This morning I check the oil and it's half again up the dip stick over full (if the little flat "X" stamped section is an inch, my oil level was half an inch above it. What the hell?!?!?!

Drained the engine, put in only 4 quarts, and started it up. No smoke. Mind you the engine is cold, and no high revving. I let it get to operating temp and took it up to 4,000 RPM (parked, just revving)and I did get a lot of white vapor - I don't now if that is due to the weather (it is cold rainy and crappy out) or perhaps a slight anti-freeze mix getting into the engine. I saw no vapor upon initial start up, but after it warmed up my tail pipe was dripping water (not anti freeze) so I don't know if that's just condensation in the exhaust system or what.

After it warmed up I did the jiggle test. FAILED. It was hoping around the place like a piece of popcorn.

I am off to remove, clean and replace the PCV crap. So if I clean the PCV stuff, and I still fail the jiggle test, what next? Check all the vacuum line I suppose.

Thanks for any guidance.

JCM
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'Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.' ~ Albert Einstein






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