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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: shegel on April 10, 2008, 09:10:05 pm

Title: are my guides to blame
Post by: shegel on April 10, 2008, 09:10:05 pm

i decided to flush my engine today with some seafoam. i poared the whole bottle into the engine. upon startup (it started right away which is odd) it reved higher than usual but not too high and smoked white smoke for a little while. i think that my rings (which is what i thought my blowby was from)may be fine and that my head is to blame. does any of this make sence to you all?

Title: are my guides to blame
Post by: shegel on April 11, 2008, 03:45:26 pm

nobody?

Title: are my guides to blame
Post by: Vincent Waldon on April 11, 2008, 06:03:04 pm

You might get a better response over on the Vortex forums... the magic of Seafoam seems to be more of a Vortex thing ?

Title: are my guides to blame
Post by: shegel on April 12, 2008, 09:17:23 pm

more of what my question was....if my guides were bad then could somthing like seafoam(which increases rpms)be a good way to detect faulty guides

Title: are my guides to blame
Post by: boosted_diesel_84 on April 13, 2008, 01:01:37 am

you should to do a cylinder leak down test to see where your problem really is.


-Jack- :D

Title: are my guides to blame
Post by: Black Smokin' Diesel on April 13, 2008, 01:56:39 pm

Seafoam makes a lot of white smoke when used. Once it's all burned out it shouldn't smoke anymore.

Title: are my guides to blame
Post by: myke_w on April 13, 2008, 02:02:34 pm

Guides are generally not to blame for major blowby symptoms, compresion rings (or a worn out bore) are.

It's a good bet that if your rings are shot though, your guides aren't far behind (that is if the engine hasn't ever been apart).

As jack suggested, you really need to do a leak down test to know what the problem is for sure.