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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 01 2006,3:44 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
So the '86 S-10 is puffin' out white smoke when you start it up....been building for the last few months.... :eek

Had a new long-block put in it about 5 years ago.  It only gets driven a few hours per week, so I'm thinkin' the HEAD GASKETS have given way.

What you say....??
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 01 2006,4:06 pm Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
How Is It After It Warms Up For A Few Mins.?? :stupid

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 01 2006,4:06 pm)
How Is It After It Warms Up For A Few Mins.?? :stupid

Father-In-Law drives it....he said it smokes a little, all the time now, but more pronounced when starting.  As I recall, it was more "blue" before...

Hell, I don't know which end of the screwdriver to use... :eek  :D

We're gonna get it checked out on Friday.... :comp

Edited by shueman on Nov. 04 2006,6:25 am
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 01 2006,6:28 pm Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
'86 if it's a V-6 ,it probably has a 2.8 in it, which weren't the best engine that they ever built.... If it's the 4 cyl., it probably has the 2.5, which was actually a pretty dependable piece...

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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 01 2006,6:36 pm Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
If you are doing head gaskets  have the heads gone thru. guides, ect. if you have it apart don't waste a step.

just my .02 :rolleyes

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Quote (stingray @ Nov. 01 2006,6:36 pm)
If you are doing head gaskets  have the heads gone thru. guides, ect. if you have it apart don't waste a step.

just my .02 :rolleyes

Thanks.....!!

Yep, it's the V6, Tahoe package....got 100,000 out of the first motor... :cool   Ran it all over the place, towed the 18' bubbledeck, etc.

It just sits most of the time now....not good for a motor... :break
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 01 2006,8:17 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
My brother had the same in an astro van 130k on it. he towed his 21' slolom boat with it. till the rearend gave up.
never would have thought the v6 would do such a good job.

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Quote (stingray @ Nov. 01 2006,8:17 pm)
My brother had the same in an astro van 130k on it. he towed his 21' slolom boat with it. till the rearend gave up.
never would have thought the v6 would do such a good job.

That Tahoe package did the job....!!  Make many a run out to Blythe pulling the bubbledeck, fully loaded with gear and provisions, and never had a problem over the Summit.  Same thing going up to Shaver (outside Fresno) in that 5000' altitude.
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Post Icon Posted: Nov. 01 2006,8:33 pm Post # 9 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Where did,do you stay in blythe?  I have a job in waterwheel in the AM,  I took dinner down to the river here in town tonight it's quiet this time of year.

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We would camp at McIntyre Fri night, then hit a local motel Sat night.... :good   Prolly get 4-6 hrs sleep total....back in our younger days, of course.... :laugh

That town has not changed at all, actually gone backwards.... :(   Almost bought a place up at Aha Quin a few years back... :rolleyes  Nice "wilderness river" up north of there...
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The town seems depressed, lots of  boarded up store fronts.

the river seems very remote, it may be worth a trip down next summer. :good

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How Is It After It Warms Up For A Few Mins.?? :stupid

Father-In-Law drives it....he said it smokes a little, all the time now, but more prodounced when starting.  As I recall, it was more "blue" before...

Hell, I don't know which end of the screwdriver to use... :eek  :D

We're gonna get it checked out on Friday.... :comp

If blue ,  well you know it's oil and the thing is tired.  White smoke sometimes is tranny fluid. But that should only happen when de -exelerating(slowing down).  Watch this "smoke".  Does it disapate like steam or actualy hang in the air like smoke, burning oil blue smoke.   :stupid
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White smoke is water, blue smoke is oil, at start up is valve seals, smoke when decelarating is valve guides, continuously is rings and/or exhaust valve seals!.. Not being driven hardly and with the high mileage, it's time to refresh it!.. Not driving it much hurts it more than anything else!..
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Thanks bud....that's 'xactly what I had figured.  Put that new motor in in '99, and prolly got just 30k in mileage since... :rolleyes

We'll have 'em check it out on Friday.  Looks like a "head job" for Christmas.... :cool  :laugh
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Quote (shueman @ Nov. 02 2006,7:00 am)
 Looks like a "head job" for Christmas.... :cool  :laugh

What more could you ask for!.. :D  :good  :laugh  :rotflmao
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PUt it on the scope and checked the compression.  All is well.... :rolleyes   Mechanic could not find much of anything wrong and thinks it's just the oil not draining down into the pan all the way.... :confused

He says "just drive it more"..... :beat  :cool   Of course, a quote of $1600 to re-do the heads helps the decision quite a bit..... :eek  :laugh
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Where'd you take it to, Pep Boys or something that's funny as hell!.. :D  :laugh  :rotflmao
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Where'd you take it to, Pep Boys or something that's funny as hell!.. :D  :laugh  :rotflmao

Dad's uses a local gas station mechanic.... :alien   They've actually been pretty good to him over the years.... :good

I had Mr Goodwrench go through the truck end-2-end a few years back....maybe a return visit is in order for another opinion... :beat
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F.I.D.O. :D

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F.I.D.O. :D

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Where'd you take it to, Pep Boys or something that's funny as hell!.. :D  :laugh  :rotflmao

Dad's uses a local gas station mechanic.... :alien   They've actually been pretty good to him over the years.... :good

I had Mr Goodwrench go through the truck end-2-end a few years back....maybe a return visit is in order for another opinion... :beat

I sure would think so, LOL.. :laugh
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F.I.D.O. :D

:stupid

F@*K
IT
DRIVE
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Quote (shueman @ Nov. 05 2006,6:43 pm)
Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 05 2006,9:21 am)
F.I.D.O. :D

:stupid

F@*K
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See...???  :confused   Another brain fade.... :rolleyes
Time to call the "home".... :laugh
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If thats what they think, drive it a couple hundred miles, not hard just steady. if they they think its "plugged up" pull a valve cover and look at how the rockers look. It will tell you alot.

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If thats what they think, drive it a couple hundred miles, not hard just steady. if they they think its "plugged up" pull a valve cover and look at how the rockers look. It will tell you alot.

Thanks bro.... :good  :beer   I think I'll do some daily runs up & down the 210 to give it a work-out.... :beat  Maybe switch to 5W-20 as well....
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