Suffolk Colt smoking
Hi there,
ive just brought 2 Suffolk colts to life after years of standing. Both run well, but both smoke, I think, excessively. I ran both on tick over, with the occasional stop/start, and rev up, for over an hour the other day. Both smoked ( big puff when I revved them), but neither used any oil according to the dipstick
Any clues?
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My thoughts were that, as oil
My thoughts were that, as oil wasn't being used they're probably just 'clearing their lungs' after so long in hibernation. Thanks for the back up
i also lapped in the exhaust valve in one of them that had no compression. It looked like a lump of coal sitting in the port and was doing nothing. I replaced the original head gasket though. Think I'll be getting a new one!
A couple of thoughts.
A couple of thoughts.
Take the sumps off, thoroughly clean them and refill with SAE 30 monograde oil.
Work them really hard for a while.
Don't worry about them!