Wilfredjaguar
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Hello,
I still own my Series 3. Did lots of improvements, even an engine swap.
And that's were the problems began..
The new engine was supposed to be okay. Hadn't been used for a few years so I decided to go for it.
It only applied the engine block, cylinder head and distribution.
The old one had some rattles and needed to be restored, but I could use all the parts which the new one didn't have.
After some miles this new engine produced blue smoke coming from the exhaust at the back of the car, especially when accelerating. I suspect one of the piston rings on cylinder two, the spark plug looks bad there, black and I can smell some oil. Also a pressure leak test on cylinder two proves that there is a problem with the head gasket, I can see the water level in the radiator rising. So, the cylinder head needs to be lifted anyway to replace the gasket and perhaps the oil consumption can be explained as well ?
I can't figure out how in this case oil can get into the combustion chamber actually, there is no oil channel going through the gasket. Except for the front and back of the cylinder head. My explanation would be a broken or blocked piston ring, but what could be the relation with the head gasket ?
Have a nice weekend, or what is left of it and try to keep cool !
Wilfred
(Account name previously was Infojaguar)
I still own my Series 3. Did lots of improvements, even an engine swap.
And that's were the problems began..
The new engine was supposed to be okay. Hadn't been used for a few years so I decided to go for it.
It only applied the engine block, cylinder head and distribution.
The old one had some rattles and needed to be restored, but I could use all the parts which the new one didn't have.
After some miles this new engine produced blue smoke coming from the exhaust at the back of the car, especially when accelerating. I suspect one of the piston rings on cylinder two, the spark plug looks bad there, black and I can smell some oil. Also a pressure leak test on cylinder two proves that there is a problem with the head gasket, I can see the water level in the radiator rising. So, the cylinder head needs to be lifted anyway to replace the gasket and perhaps the oil consumption can be explained as well ?
I can't figure out how in this case oil can get into the combustion chamber actually, there is no oil channel going through the gasket. Except for the front and back of the cylinder head. My explanation would be a broken or blocked piston ring, but what could be the relation with the head gasket ?
Have a nice weekend, or what is left of it and try to keep cool !
Wilfred
(Account name previously was Infojaguar)