Issues. Update! Please help

[Allowishus]

82 ea81 carbed wagon 5 speed

Ive posted about possibly bad rings before, but am now thinking that they may not be the problem after going through the threads on cooling problems. So heres my deal. Got this car not to long ago and it blows abit of smoke on warm(aibit is an understatement) up though i dont smell coolant it seems more like oil or gas burning off. As well,not sure if this is normal or not, I can smell a bit of gas in the oil and today right after parking with the engine still warm I opened the oil cap and found some smoke in the tube and while doing a tune up I noticed a bit of oil on the #1 plug. This would all seem to point to bad rings however sence Ive had it for a bit longer now Ive noticed that about every 4-5 days I need to top off the radiator. As well I just fixed the blower motor today and noticed the smell of coolant when the heater is on and Im not getting much heat (the heat thing I think may be a blocked heater core, no leaks fortunatly). Yet the temp gauge never gets above the 1/2 mark.

With all that said Im doing a compression test tomarrow to be sure its not the rings but was wondering if a bad intake/head gasket or crack would give me off readings on the test. And would the intake or head gaskets cause a bit of gas to get into the oil. There is no water in the oil as far as I can tell. Also Ive seen in the forums that people with bad PCV's have had some what simular problems. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

[MilesFox]

i would think that a coolant smell in the vents would ba a leaky heter core. feel around the carpets for wetness if this is so

 

a cracked head can drip coolant into the exhaust but the compression otherwise will be fine

[Allowishus]

i would think that a coolant smell in the vents would ba a leaky heter core. feel around the carpets for wetness if this is so

 

a cracked head can drip coolant into the exhaust but the compression otherwise will be fine

 

I havent noticed any dampness on floors (it was a thought so Id been checking) is it possible it would just be pooling up somewhere in the heater core casing?

 

And if the head was cracked wouldnt that affect the temp? Like I said its not getting up past the 1/2 way mark if it gets there at all.

[Allowishus]

Ok so today I did a compression test and am now more confused then before.

 

Here are the numbers

#1- 135

#2- 122

#3- 122

#4- 125

Thing is on all the cylinders first stroke it starts at about 70-80 then 2nd it hits 90-100 3rd it hits the peak. Is that normal? As well I saw no coolant in the combustion chambers. Though on start up if I rev engine to high rpms I get a black spot on the ground, white-ish smoke and a sputter of liquid, though the exhaust doesnt smell like burnt gas or coolant, just strong exhaust smell. Gah! Wish this was more simple.

I did talk to someone at Richierich's shop who said it might be gas spilling into the wrong chamber on the carb. Anyone ever had this problem?

 

I know I keep posting about the same thing, but I just cant figure it out and each time I try something it leads to other ideas. So thanks to all who have the patience to read through and give this some thought.

[Turbone]

I think your looking for a problem that doesnt exist. Most Soobs that are of this age have these symptoms. Do you have a driveability issue? It might be something as simple as the carb needing adjustment.

[somick]

82 ea81 carbed wagon 5 speed

Ive noticed that about every 4-5 days I need to top off the radiator. As well I just fixed the blower motor today and noticed the smell of coolant when the heater is on and Im not getting much heat (the heat thing I think may be a blocked heater core, no leaks fortunatly). Yet the temp gauge never gets above the 1/2 mark.

 

When I burnt my heater core I got the same symptoms:

Lost coolant,

Coolant smell,

Foggy windows.

Do you happen to get fog on your windows?

Try to bypass the heater.

If you stop loosing coolant that's the problem

[Allowishus]

I think your looking for a problem that doesnt exist. Most Soobs that are of this age have these symptoms. Do you have a driveability issue? It might be something as simple as the carb needing adjustment.

 

Yeah, I may be a little over excited about getting everything up and running as best I can.Though its a nice size smoke screen on cold starts so it kinda has me worried. Either way with the compression being where it is and it being an older engins I think when I get some time and money im going to reseal the heads, valves and intake just to be safe.

 

 

[quote name= }When I burnt my heater core I got the same symptoms:

Lost coolant' date='

Coolant smell,

Foggy windows.

Do you happen to get fog on your windows?

Try to bypass the heater.

If you stop loosing coolant that's the problem[/quote]

 

I just pulled into my place and sence its was hot thought id look under the dash, pulled the gaurd that covers the driver side of the heater core where the lines come in through firewall and found that the rod that conects to the heat control valve was off. Put it back in and turned dial to hot and coolant started shooting out of the rod on the heat control valve deal.

 

Anyone had this problem and is there an easy fix with out having to pull the core?

 

Sorry bout the lack of tech terms. Hope you cant desipher my lamens terms.