Steve, Thanks for that dude. I'll go and check it now as a matter of fact. If it doesn't help at all I'll be trying the Penrite. Thanks again,
Dave >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 6/5/02, 9:49:44 PM, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: L24 smoke.. PCB valve?: > >I got my old man to drive the my 240Z and I followed him to see when it > >blew smoke, and it blows absolutely none, as in not a whisp, unless you > >give it the absolute boots and then it does this big dump of smoke. I am > >also not convinced its coming out the exhaust, my old man said it might > >be something called a PCB valve? He said if this is jammed the sump may > >be pressuried causing it to leak out somewhere then fall onto the exhaust > >or whatever.. I dunno. But I do know its using around 4L of oil every > >1000km or so. Is the PCB valve thing a possibility? And can anyone be > >bothered quickly explaining how/why it works and what i should do to > >check & replace it. > Thanks, > I can't really think of any way that a stuck PCV would cause you to > use that much oil. The fact that the smoke occurs with the engine > under load is suggestive of rings or something in that area. Anyway > if you want to clean the PCV, on the L24 in a 240Z it is screwed into > the carb balance tube that 'joins' the two 'halves' of the manifold > on a Z. Looking at the engine from the air cleaner side, there is a > tube that comes out of the block near the front just below the > thermostat housing. There should be a hose that attaches to this > tube, this hose goes back underneath and behind the carbs, and then > does a couple of bends to connect to the PCV. Simply disconnect the > hose from the PCV, unscrew the valve (17mm spanner, I think) and > check that it 'rattles'. If so, its probably fine, if not, soak in > petrol overnight as it's probably just carboned up. > What oil are you using, BTW ?? - I once had an L26 that had done > heaps of k's and smoked like a mongrel with your common-or-garden > Valvoline's and the like. Changed to Penrite HPR30 and the thing > hardly used a drop (well, a LOT less, anyway :-) ). Might be worth a > try.... --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
