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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 12:48 PM
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brand new motor smoking

brand new motor, original problem was that it was smoking, pulled it apart and block was scored up. rebuilt block, had head tested for leaks, still smokes.

any ideas?

PCV valve is first on my list.
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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 10:58 PM
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Could be a bunch of things. Turbo or oil return could be bad. PCV could be clogged. A full catch can can cause a lot of smoking. It is something that you need to diag to figure out. PCV is easy just take the hose off the valve and plug it and see if it still smokes. PCV would only smoke under boost if it was bad.
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 04:06 PM
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it only smokes when under boost. turbo is brand new, so is return line.
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 04:09 PM
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Is this smoke grey? Or is it Black?
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 04:38 PM
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dark. cant see from drivers seat
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 04:46 PM
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It could be running rich if it's black smoke. Do a leak down. Good luck.

Aaron
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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Is the motor even broken in yet?
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 05:43 PM
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Where did you get this motor from?
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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I had it rebuilt its my mtor
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 08:18 PM
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New rings will smoke until it seats the rings. The Chrome rings take a longer time to seat. I had a motor use oil and smoke for several thousand miles then finally sealed and was perfect for 60k more until it was overheated a few times and run without oil.
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