Smoking Straight 8

Posted by Frank On 2008/7/30 0:59:33

I'm restoring my packard and I'm trying to evaluate weather to take the engine out and maybe give it a ring job and change the valve guides, but it may not be necessary. I got a little bit of blue smoke when I started it up after 12 years. But I noticed there is a pipe sticking out of the right side of the engine and pointed down. AS the engine runs, smoke comes out of it. Is this normal, or is this blow by?