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skid-kid
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Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:58 pm

i have a m52b28 it runs fine and ticks over fine but when i give it full throttle and then back off it blows blue smoke out :cry: I dont have a clue what this could be so any advice would be great.
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Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:06 pm

Rings or valve stem oil seals?Cant see another way of oil getting in there considering it runs fine. Definitley blue smoke?
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Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:21 pm

In my experience with petrol engines:

Blue smoke=oil
white smoke=water
black smoke=over fueling
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Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:33 am

100% blue smoke. Thanks alot i will pull it apart and take a look!
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Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:20 pm

Is it a Nikasil engine? Would be worth doing a compression test
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Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:47 pm

nah its not a nikasil engine as far as i know, but i will still do a compresion test
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