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Damn man race meets sound hella fun good luck with the rad. Hopefully the hoses come early man
Damn man race meets sound hella fun good luck with the rad. Hopefully the hoses come early man
Surprised you haven’t already changed out plugs and wires before your previous races!
..., since my valve seals are less than good, and allows a little bit to be burnt upon start up. If I'm being a bit to lax about this, someone let me know!
You sure it's not the other way around? Burning oil upon startup is indicative of bad valve oil seals; burning oil while revving is bad piston oil rings.If you're burning oil on startup it's most likely your oil rings on your pistons not the valve seals.
Get some Seafoam or other detergent in your oil before they completely seize or you'll be fogging out your neighborhood and needing an engine rebuild.
https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123864691-Higher-weight-oil
https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/sho...e-smoke-on-startup-post-downhill-acceleration
You sure it's not the other way around?
Normally yes but our FS engine is 'special'..
Damn these fs engines I knew they shoulda put a 13b in the pro5s XD lol. That post is a nice little treasure trove , lots of good Info. Thanks for posting it man
s*** man, poorly designed pistons?Normally yes but our FS engine is 'special'..
Read this thread, it explains it all.
https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123770462-Smoke-on-cold-start/page2
s*** man, poorly designed pistons?
Shoot, guess this certainly is a "special engine". Maybe if I ever save back my expenditures and get a solid-paying internship, I could upgrade those before my car turns into a Halloween prop. Maybe throw in some cams too, ooh...
Damnit, responsibility blows! Someday, I gotta learn how to do extensive engine work so that I can work on the hard stuff.
Damn these fs engines I knew they shoulda put a 13b in the pro5s XD lol. That post is a nice little treasure trove , lots of good Info. Thanks for posting it man
Our specific engine has a problem with oil ring seizing.
There is an easy test to see of you have bad valve seals or seized oil rings.
Let your car sit overnight, then in the morning, remove your plugs and look down the plug hole to see if the pistons are wet with oil or not.
If they are wet then your valve seals are leaking.
If they are dry, put your plugs back in, start your car and run it for about 20 seconds then shut it off, remove the plugs again and check for oil on the pistons.
If they pistons are now wet with oil, then your oil rings are seized.
No... All you have to do is clean the sludge out of your engine and then keep it clean.
Change your oil every 3000 miles and use a detergent.
Seafoam... Ten bucks..
Dude where did ya get the speed stars sticker, I'm digging it
... Haven't used Seafoam before, but I've seen the vids. Makes me a little nervous.
pcb, did your p5 consume oil before you started using seafoam in the crank case?