(08-16-2016, 03:49 PM)tico70 Wrote: Fixkick,
Thanks for taking your time to respond, also thanks a lot for the really good information that you share about Suzuki's. It is a lot of hard work.
I did the measurements in a hurry. I will double check the cylinder bore again. I bought the car used approx 12 years ago, and since then I have been doing the oil changes every 3500, same oil. It has received good maintenance, overall. The last 2 years I didn't pay to much attention to it.
About the smoke, it is more noticeable during the cold start. the odor is stinky, lets say burnt oil. As soon the car heats up, the smoke gets reduced.
Reduces or gonE?
sounds to me like cheap valve seal fix. if car had lots of oil changes , this is it. the seals get old and hard and crack and if guides are worn here, the seal is pounded to death, and go bad, engine may only need a head job. all that is corrected, in the shop, guides, seals and all that....
The engine when a valve opens (intake) , the guides are subject to vacuum at that moment, and can suck oil down the guide, it's all about that vacuum there and some engines have no seals at all. so clearances here are important.
Many engines with head off, you push hard on side of the valve spring cap and see the stem move to the side, this is bad guides, big time.
Someone can say, Why no get another car? Well I really like the simplicity of this one and also these cars are warriors.
yes, some say better the devil you know than the unknown. cars are like that, some clean cars, (looks) are a horror inside.
I too would fix the great car. )
I forgot to mention that I found a crack in the exhaust manifold, (piston#4)
they all do this and gets worse and sucks air and 02 goes nuts and piston tops turn black, and EGR packs up, and MPG really bad.
yes,and your welcome and for sure in person , I might have different answer, as hands on eyes on, rule this domain.
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