cool! keep us posted chris. i've been thinking about this more and more lately.
Quote from: "BlackTieTD"cool! keep us posted chris. i've been thinking about this more and more lately.well like I said, not sure if I'd recommend this to anyone. Once it warms up it is great. But you have to sit there for ten minutes while it smokes like a bonfire until it does warm up and then you can drive it. I'm not sure it's practical. I'll let you know after a week of driving this strange engine combination whether it is worthwhile to do this or notChris
Quote from: "chrissev"Quote from: "BlackTieTD"cool! keep us posted chris. i've been thinking about this more and more lately.well like I said, not sure if I'd recommend this to anyone. Once it warms up it is great. But you have to sit there for ten minutes while it smokes like a bonfire until it does warm up and then you can drive it. I'm not sure it's practical. I'll let you know after a week of driving this strange engine combination whether it is worthwhile to do this or notChrismaybe if you were to have a longer glow plug cycle? like i think the 1.9 is?
Once it warms up it is great. But you have to sit there for ten minutes while it smokes like a bonfire until it does warm up and then you can drive it.
not driveable (I've tried, it bucks and jumps, won't smooth out) I don't think the longer glow time would last all the way till it got to normal operating temp. It might be a compression problem.
How was the compression before you swapped heads ?
Quote from: "chrissev"Once it warms up it is great. But you have to sit there for ten minutes while it smokes like a bonfire until it does warm up and then you can drive it.QuoteIs it really a good idea to idle for 10 minutes after a cold start?I don't have a choice at the moment. The engine misses too much to be driveable. The miss firing seems to be directly related to the smoking, as soon as it idles smoothly when it has fully warmed up and there's no more misfiring, also no more smokeQuoteIt'll be interesting if you have the same cold-start smoke "problem" after break-in. Please do keep us updated...the block's not recently rebuilt. has about 70k on it. And the head also has a few K (about 10 k I've been told). I just mated the two together. So there might not be that much of a difference for a break in period.QuoteJust out of curiosity, what is your piston protrusion height and your headgasket thickness?head gasket thickness is a three notch. Piston protrusion was measured for that gasket when the engine was originally rebuilt. I haven't checked it again. Doubt it would have changed significantly.Chris
Is it really a good idea to idle for 10 minutes after a cold start?
It'll be interesting if you have the same cold-start smoke "problem" after break-in. Please do keep us updated...
Just out of curiosity, what is your piston protrusion height and your headgasket thickness?
Sounds like you do have a compression problem caused partially by the 1.9L head.What head gasket did you use ?How was the compression before you swapped heads ?
Quote from: "wyldman"How was the compression before you swapped heads ?Wait a minute... chrissev is using an old block? i.e. not a freshly rebuilt block?