You have that macdaddy air compressor so just rotate the cam so all 4 valves 
are closed on a cylinder and pressurize through the sparkplug hole with air. 


-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Ebersol <[email protected]>
To: Bill Cardell <[email protected]>
Cc: Miatapower Miata Power <[email protected]>
Sent: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 2:27 pm
Subject: Re: smokey on startup



Ok. Just want to make sure I'm not missing something less complex/ 
more obvious than the seals.

I've got a set here - now who can refresh me on the oiled-up-rope- 
through-the-plug-hole-and-into-the-combustion-chamber-then-rotate-to- 
tdc-to-hold-the-valves-in process? ;-) It's been ten years.


On Jul 20, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Bill Cardell wrote:

> I'd be voting for seals. Usually if it is seals, you can pull the
> manifolds and find streaks of oil coming down the stem and pooling on
> the head.

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