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Am sure there could be other reasons but based on comments here, the rubber umbrella seals on valve stems have been known to petrify and fall completely off. If one did, the oil return hole in head could be clogged. A lot of oil to rockers and valves during acceleration and the normal engine tilt, if hole is clogged could have pooled & possibly have been high enough around guides to dribble in. That might be one place to check first.
Anything else commonly associated with smoke such as a broken ring or sucking brake fluid & I would think those would be causing other symptoms far more serious.
Posted on: 2011/10/23 12:04
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Howard, perhaps trivial but Gerard mentioned blue instead of black clouds of smoke.
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Posted on: 2011/10/23 13:15
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Isn't blue smoke usually oil, black fuel, and white water or other fluid?
Posted on: 2011/10/23 13:25
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Yes, of course. I was absent-minded, sorry.
Posted on: 2011/10/23 13:30
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It's happened to me and others, kind of a classic also with Cadillacs sharing the similar vacuum pump system. You're perhaps feeding oil from the crankcase into the intake via a failed check valve on the vacuum pump line. I just pulled the rubber line at the firewall and put a twig into it until I got home and cleaned the check valve.
PS - check valve is on the passenger side of the block, just above the oil pan/block interface, about midships.
Posted on: 2011/10/23 15:48
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That's one I never would have thought of. Where is the valve physically or is it the balance valve on firewall you are referring to. Been so long since I had the original vacuum pump setup, didn't realize that was a possibility. Never mind, you just answered the question on location. Brings up another though. If valve was dirty or failed, why would it stop smoking after a few miles.
Posted on: 2011/10/23 16:12
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If valve was dirty or failed, why would it stop smoking after a few miles.
Dunno, perhaps the surge of clean oil cleared whatever might have been obstructing the valve?
Posted on: 2011/10/23 17:30
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Well Owen hit the nail right on the head.It was the check valve.Valve has been repaired and the blue smoke has stopped.
Posted on: 2011/11/20 15:29
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Thanks yet again Owen. While my '55 Patrician doesn't have any smoke issues (thank God) I'll definitely file that one away should the problem occur. I would have never dreamed there was a check valve. It makes sense, now that I think on it but I wouldn't have come up with it on my own.
Posted on: 2011/11/20 16:40
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