pearl95sc
Registered User
Alright guys, need some help here. Started driving the cougar again, it's been sittin for a bit. I've been having trouble with smoke from uner the hood and found that oil was spurting out from the top of the dipstick tube. I originally thought it was a bad grommit for the valve cover breather line that runs into the inlet tube. So I clamped the hose and rtv'd the connectors going in. Anyways, car was doing good for a day, and I noticed it seemed a tiny bit jittery at idle, almost like a miss. Also noticed that whenever I got on it, I seen a little smoke from under the hood, and some behind me as well. Just assumed the smoke behind me was from under the hood. Last night, on my way to seven eleven, blew the doors off a riced neon, and the car felt like it was missin really bad when I parked it. I had pressure washed the engine earlier that day and figured that maybe I shot a plug wire off. Got home, and it was smokin kinda nasty, and there was oil under the hood again sittin all over the ic tubes, and the rest of the left side of the engine. Checked all wires, everything was fine, so I parked it and figured I would check it out later on today. Anyway, On my way to work, car was smokin badly from the exhaust and under the hood. Found a lot of oil in the inlet tube and my k&n was half covered in oil. I also changed the pcv valve yesterday after pressure washing. When I pulled the dipstick half out, and disconnected the tube from the valve cover to the inlet tube, the was white smoke each time I revved it. Also feels/ sounds like there is a stuck or loose rocker arm. My thoughts are maybe I blew a piston ring, or maybe even HG's. The HG's were just done 7k ago, and its a jasper short block with only about 10k on it. Will tear into it a little sunday or tuesday. Any suggestions are appreciated. If it is the HG's, this things for sale. This is all on the 90 merc xr7sc.