Smoking and blowby 1984 2.8L V6

[Ericjw91]

I bought my 84' Ranger 2X4 with the 2.8L Cologne engine this way. It smokes and theirs now only intermittent smoke from the oil dipstick tube and breather filter, and a lot less blue smoke from the tailpipe, and less oil blowby from the crank cases. I was recommended to check the oil return on the heads for clogging. Could my piston rings still be shot or could the oil returns just be clogged?

 

[enginepaul]

It sounds like you may have has stuck rings. That can happen if it sat for a very long time. I'd do a compression test.