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dirtrider77
11-11-2010, 08:30 PM
any way to determine if smoking is from the rings or valve seals?

after it warms up most of the smoking quits, if that helps

blue smoke i think

CJM
11-11-2010, 08:42 PM
Valve seals, if it was rings it would smoke even after being warmed up.

honda400ex2003
11-11-2010, 09:54 PM
seals as cjm said.

rings- smoke all the time

seals- right at startup most and under hard accelerations all the time.

do a compression test and a leak down test if possible. that will tell you which are bad. low comp test rings, bad leak down test seals.
steve

dirtrider77
11-12-2010, 09:30 AM
thanks guys

you two are geniuses

CJM
11-12-2010, 05:08 PM
geniuses nah, jack of all trades master of none more like it.

dirtrider77
11-12-2010, 05:48 PM
ha thats how im hoping to be in a few years.....im 17 so i still have plenty of learning to do

CJM
11-12-2010, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by dirtrider77
ha thats how im hoping to be in a few years.....im 17 so i still have plenty of learning to do

Im just lucky that I know what I do, just had the right jobs and know the right people.