1989 2.9l vacuum connections

[canthelpitimaguy]

Yea but this isnt an alternator were talking about. And i checked everything before it went in
So im pretty confident the valves guides and seals are fine. It also doesnt smoke at all on start up and will ilde all day with nothing. Even if you blip the throttle a few times or hold rpm for a few seconds.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Yea but this isnt an alternator were talking about. And i checked everything before it went in
So im pretty confident the valves guides and seals are fine. It also doesnt smoke at all on start up and will ilde all day with nothing. Even if you blip the throttle a few times or hold rpm for a few seconds.

Pull the plugs and let us know what you find,

 

[Paulos]

Any trouble codes?

I searched for "smoke on acceleration" and found this,

Why My Car Smokes When I Hit the Gas

If your car smokes when you accelerate, you have good reason to be concerned. It could be the sign of something minor that will only require an adjustment, but it can mean something is seriously wrong with your engine. The color of the smoke will give you a clue as to the nature of the problem.

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Diagnose Exhaust Smoke

 

[Josh B]

after very hard engine breaking. I also get a little external leaking after rigorous drives. ?
on an engine that only has 30k, why are you doing these things anyway, racing? using it for a getaway vehicle? taking the kids to school? haha

 

[canthelpitimaguy]

after very hard engine breaking. I also get a little external leaking after rigorous drives. ?
on an engine that only has 30k, why are you doing these things anyway, racing? using it for a getaway vehicle? taking the kids to school? haha

Not sure i understand the question. Why do i drive my truck hard? Why do i do Hard engine braking?

 

[Josh B]

That actually is not something there that I posted Cant

Haha, I've only ever even done hard engine braking unless my brakes gone out haha

 

[Josh B]

Ahh, ok, I just read up to see how I got here, Someone else had posted that and I was in reply to them, not to you sir

Ok, I just read up farther, it was something you had written, post #3, and i was only joking about your remark, hard engine braking and rigorous drives

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Couple things to check, and do.

2.9l's hate eating oil. Despise it, in fact. Catch can the thing before it builds as much crust inside the intakes as rusty's

Catch Can - weird (but good) results

So, changed valve cover gaskets recently. Noticed an undue amount of oil in the pcv vac lines coming off the valve covers, which seemed odd to me. New pcv 4000-5000 miles ago; it still seemed to be working fine. Just for poops and laughs, tried an experiment. Ordered a $30 amazon catch can...

www.therangerstation.com

In order, I'd bet on residual oil scum/pcv BS as A 60% chance of being your cause, followed by rings as 20%. What was the reason for your head gaskets? Compression tests will show good with "meh" rings. When you're working the lungs hard is when blow by will occur. Makes sense to me.

Last time you ran a can of aerosol seafoam through your intake? The liquid won't do much for a 2.9. They LOVE the aerosol stuff, though. I run a catch can and water/methanol injection on mine. I still run a can of seafoam every other oil change, and a bottle of motor flush every time. 2.9s hate three things: heat, dirt, breathing oil. Fix those and you have a few million miles left in her.

No matter your cause, catch can will stop nearly all oil vapors coming into your intake. Just put it in a cold spot in the engine bay. Mine is over by the clutch reservoir now. Works much better then when it was on the intake.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

racing?

Sometimes.

using it for a getaway vehicle?

Duhhhhhhhhhhhh??

 

[Josh B]

hahaha, i was truly only joking there haha. It's been a long time since I did any racing, and hardly ever even think about it anymore

 

[canthelpitimaguy]

Couple things to check, and do.

2.9l's hate eating oil. Despise it, in fact. Catch can the thing before it builds as much crust inside the intakes as rusty's

Catch Can - weird (but good) results

So, changed valve cover gaskets recently. Noticed an undue amount of oil in the pcv vac lines coming off the valve covers, which seemed odd to me. New pcv 4000-5000 miles ago; it still seemed to be working fine. Just for poops and laughs, tried an experiment. Ordered a $30 amazon catch can...

www.therangerstation.com

In order, I'd bet on residual oil scum/pcv BS as A 60% chance of being your cause, followed by rings as 20%. What was the reason for your head gaskets? Compression tests will show good with "meh" rings. When you're working the lungs hard is when blow by will occur. Makes sense to me.

Last time you ran a can of aerosol seafoam through your intake? The liquid won't do much for a 2.9. They LOVE the aerosol stuff, though. I run a catch can and water/methanol injection on mine. I still run a can of seafoam every other oil change, and a bottle of motor flush every time. 2.9s hate three things: heat, dirt, breathing oil. Fix those and you have a few million miles left in her.

No matter your cause, catch can will stop nearly all oil vapors coming into your intake. Just put it in a cold spot in the engine bay. Mine is over by the clutch reservoir now. Works much better then when it was on the intake.

I couldnt tell where my issue was coming from so i did head gaskets and valve seals at the same time. Also was easier to do the valves with the head off. Didnt seem to do anything for me.

I was planning to do a catch can to see what i would get. Ill report back on this and plugs when i get a day under the hood.

 

[Paulos]

I would have checked for a leaky injector before going to all that trouble.

 

[canthelpitimaguy]

Installed the catch can, but have yo pick up a new peice of vacuum tube, my old one isnt long enough.