Jim Weatherford
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If and when I get the crankcase pressurization (blow by) problem solved and I'm no longer pumping oil directly into the exhaust system, How do you get the oil out of the existing exhaust system, short of taking it off of the car?
I was thinking of drilling a hole or two in the lowest part of the exhaust pipe and the pre muffler and let the exhaust pressure purge the pipes and muffler then weld it up when I'm sure I have it as clean as it's going to get. This is the best my feeble mind could come up with. Any really good ideas are welcomed.
After I'm sure I have the problem taken care of... I have a new stainless headers & exhaust system from Bassani that I'm planning to install. I just want to get back on the road w/o smoking and looking like I'm on fire!
A little more detail of what happened...
I wasn't having any oil problems at all & #13046 was running fine. I hit that piece of angel iron on the freeway and damaged the rear transmission mount, a control rod and other suspension parts were damaged. I took the vehicle to British Sports & Imports in Riverside and had repairs made. I had previously removed the air-box which wasn't connected or working, and installed the K&N filters on the Stroms. When I did that I didn't know to connect them to the crankcase vent. I was told that several vacuume hoses were also replaced as needed, seems they were cracked and split, unfortunately I don't know which hoses were replaced.
I took the car out to track day and cleared tech and ran a few laps and I then started to smoke badly, I shut her down and took the car a week later to Britallia in Anaheim and he checked the compression [148 psi avj.], a leak down test and checked the guides. He couldn't find anything that out of spec. Next he removed a spark plug and stuck a bore-scope in all 4 cylinders and each one had oil floating on the tops of each piston! I think he said "a-wash in oil". He suggested venting the K&N's as a possiable fix.
I've ordered the parts to do the venting and if this fixes to over presserization problem I will be very happy, but I'm stuck on how to get the oil out of the exhause system.
I hope this helps by adding a timeline of events and repairs. Sure would be nice to get this behind me.
Thanks. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/patriot.gif
I was thinking of drilling a hole or two in the lowest part of the exhaust pipe and the pre muffler and let the exhaust pressure purge the pipes and muffler then weld it up when I'm sure I have it as clean as it's going to get. This is the best my feeble mind could come up with. Any really good ideas are welcomed.
After I'm sure I have the problem taken care of... I have a new stainless headers & exhaust system from Bassani that I'm planning to install. I just want to get back on the road w/o smoking and looking like I'm on fire!
A little more detail of what happened...
I wasn't having any oil problems at all & #13046 was running fine. I hit that piece of angel iron on the freeway and damaged the rear transmission mount, a control rod and other suspension parts were damaged. I took the vehicle to British Sports & Imports in Riverside and had repairs made. I had previously removed the air-box which wasn't connected or working, and installed the K&N filters on the Stroms. When I did that I didn't know to connect them to the crankcase vent. I was told that several vacuume hoses were also replaced as needed, seems they were cracked and split, unfortunately I don't know which hoses were replaced.
I took the car out to track day and cleared tech and ran a few laps and I then started to smoke badly, I shut her down and took the car a week later to Britallia in Anaheim and he checked the compression [148 psi avj.], a leak down test and checked the guides. He couldn't find anything that out of spec. Next he removed a spark plug and stuck a bore-scope in all 4 cylinders and each one had oil floating on the tops of each piston! I think he said "a-wash in oil". He suggested venting the K&N's as a possiable fix.
I've ordered the parts to do the venting and if this fixes to over presserization problem I will be very happy, but I'm stuck on how to get the oil out of the exhause system.
I hope this helps by adding a timeline of events and repairs. Sure would be nice to get this behind me.
Thanks. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/patriot.gif