Not a Fitech-Now a Sniper 2 and boat anchor

[nvrenuf]

Dang man, you’ll be missing out on that extra 2.1 liters of fuel economy.

 

[bp71k5]

Road trip with the camper this weekend, took my buddy Jay and his new Tremor Ranger out for a spin on Talladega NF's 600-1 road.

On the way back, tons and tons of smoke into the cab. I think my seal is shot between the trans tunnel cover and the floor.
The second part of that is that the smoke appears to be blowing out of the valve cover breather/filter thing.

I have been running one of these:

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c/mr-gasket/mr-gasket-breather-oil-filler-cap/mrg0/2060mrg?q=2060mrg&pos=0

Since that seemed to be the culprit I grabbed a new one and replaced on it and put in a new grommet too.

Still smoking like hell at high rpm / high load.

I'm thinking maybe the PCV is stuck?
If not that is this likely a case of the rings being shot?

What's the best way to troubleshoot, compression test and look for a down cylinder if the PCV isn't stuck?

If smoke is coming out of the breather, then you have positive crankcase pressure, either from the pcv being bad or the other thing you mention. Check the cheaper thing first.

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

@Hosalabad my 454 gets better mileage than my 350 did.... just saying....

 

[Hosalabad]

New Wheels and Tars:

 

[TJ1978]

@Hosalabad great looking rig...

 

[83ChevyK5Blazer]

And a bump up in size

 

[nvrenuf]

Lookin good!

 

[Tnsejed]

Nice. I ran those STT pros on one of my other trucks, they did pretty good.

 

[Hosalabad]

Yep 37s now. With the narrower wheels and less backspace they look like pizza cutters.

 

[Hosalabad]

So I’m in the middle of drivetrain refresh and I got my trans pan clean. It’s a +2 quart aluminum finned job.

The crack isn’t all the way through, yet.

 

[ktmoutfront]

Grind it out good and clean. Find a TIG guy, heat it up and burn it closed.

 

[JoshHefnerX]

Yeah, but why would a crack show up like that? And, what's the divots in the rail surface, casting flaws or something got beat on?

 

[Fastereddie]

Yeah, but why would a crack show up like that? And, what's the divots in the rail surface, casting flaws or something got beat on?

Yeppers. Classic hammer marks

 

[TJ1978]

More importantly, how did it crack? Looks like ball peen hammer marks

 

[ktmoutfront]

I am guessing it was a factory blem. I have seen that and they hammer them so it is obvious. But they should not hit the market.

What brand is it and where did you get it?

 

[Hosalabad]

It’s a Jegs pan; https://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SearchResultsPageCmd?q=555-60178&storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&langId=-1

555-61078 If the link breaks. Ordered in 2010. That’s crazy I didn’t notice the hammer marks until the replies

MAYBE THAT’S WHY IT WAS LEAKING OUT THE FRONT. Not the crack but the flange.

Tomorrow is going to be feeler gauge and straight edge day.

I thought the pump was leaking at the seal, but now I have doubts.

I think the dipstick, decent cable and/or shift seal were leaking as well.

 

[JoshHefnerX]

 

[TJ1978]

Why not just replace the pan?

 

[imiceman44]

Because it's not cheap

Why not just replace the pan?

 

[Hosalabad]

Why not just replace the pan?

I may, it's in the air, just trying to get the truck back to reassembly, then I can firgure the pan out. Pan cuts into the front locker fund.