350 disection

[chevy wrangler]

well just a few minutes ago i went out side and started to disect the 350 that me and my dad pulled from the k-20 and swaped in a rebuilt 305

well the reason why we took it out was because it smoked and it smoked bad, when we first got it we imediately decided we needed a tune up. when we drained the oil all that came out was about a quart of goo, the PO said that the other PO put a new 350 in it . its a beat up farm truck and we beleve him, even more so now. well enough of that.LOL

i first took of the valve covers and noticed the rockers were loose reallly loose and one of the rods was tight(stuck). so then i decided to take off the intake, the rod wasnt even in the lifter . so this brings me to my question

do u think that since the rockers were all screwed up, the engine smoked??? or is it that the piston seals are shot??

it smokes white not black.

here is a pic of the engine when we first got the truck,the PO spray paintedthe engine gold!!LOL

 

[chevy wrangler]

i tried search and cant come up with any thing!!!! can any one help me!!!!

 

[JEBSR]

If the pushrod wasn't even in the lifter, then it should have had a miss on that cylinder. Shouldn't cause it to burn a major amount of oil though. You said all the rocker arms were loose, define loose for me. The reason I ask is because with the valve closed you should be able to move the rocker arms a little by hand. If the rockers were all very loose then it should have made alot of noise when running as well.

 

[chevy wrangler]

a couple of them could move and i would be able to take the push rod out, they were all like really loose,

 

[JEBSR]

That motor should have been tapping it's a$$ off, but yeah that's obviously too loose. I would still go through the engine though. Especially with the oil looking the way it did when you drained it.

 

[chevy wrangler]

its out of the truck. i was just tearin it down to see what was causin it too smoke

 

[b454rat]

If the valve where the pushrod wasn't even in the lifter, then you could have a hole in the piston.

 

[JEBSR]

hows that