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Have been slowly assembling this unfinished project that someone else started (purchased from estate). We finally got to the point of starting it and got a lot of white smoke, mostly from the left side. Unfortunate because it appears to run and start really well? I removed the valve covers and found the intakes with oil residue on them, stuck a Q-tip down in between the valve springs and came up with a black oily glob.
We checked the head bolts that were easily accessible and they were all pretty close to spec so at this point we are assuming they were all torqued correctly and hopefully in sequence.
I am looking for a 5/16-26 bolt to pull rocker shafts out and check for proper direction.
I'm thinking there should not be any sign of oil in the intake valve pocket, or in exhaust valve pockets either but the oil should be contained inside the rocker assembly, not sure?
We also tried the test of removing the rocker feed lines and running it around the block a couple times, but very nervous about running it to much like that for fear of seizing something up. Smoke never stopped and was missing pretty bad?
Very disappointing, that bike really really wanted to go...
Any ideas or if we're heading in the right/wrong direction would be very much appreciated.
We checked the head bolts that were easily accessible and they were all pretty close to spec so at this point we are assuming they were all torqued correctly and hopefully in sequence.
I am looking for a 5/16-26 bolt to pull rocker shafts out and check for proper direction.
I'm thinking there should not be any sign of oil in the intake valve pocket, or in exhaust valve pockets either but the oil should be contained inside the rocker assembly, not sure?
We also tried the test of removing the rocker feed lines and running it around the block a couple times, but very nervous about running it to much like that for fear of seizing something up. Smoke never stopped and was missing pretty bad?
Very disappointing, that bike really really wanted to go...
Any ideas or if we're heading in the right/wrong direction would be very much appreciated.