Hi Guys,
After 10 years of building I finally started the car and I've got a problem......pressure in the crank case, and smoke blowing out of the
oil fill cap.
The motor is a 428 SCJ that I bought from the original owner(a Friend). It had 30,000 miles on a rebuild, and had been sitting for about five years when I got(15 years total since last run). I took it apart down to the short block and everything looked good. It still had the hone marks in the cylinders, and the main bearings looked good. I replaced the cam, lifters, timing set,
oil pump, distributor, and installed Edelbrock heads, and 2x4 intake. It's .30 over, and has TRW forged pistons.
Is it possible that one of the rings is stuck and not sealing properly? So far it has not been over 2000 RPM. I'm considering an "Italian Tune-up" to see if high RPM might get things Un-stuck....if it's even possible for things to be "stuck" in the first place.
The other option is pulling the motor and replacing the rings. Can I get away with just rings and a new gasket set, or will some machine work need to be done too?
Thanks!
Jon