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[alfa] Re: 3.0 V6



I have a friend, no really, who bought a pig in a poke used 164S (maybe) engine. upon installation, it fogged up the whole neighborhood w/ white steam. ran for some time, and the steam got worse, never abated and seemed to be only steam. started to pull the engine and discovered that the head bolt nuts were little more than finger tight. pulled the heads, and liners on 6 & 4 came right out w/ the head. btw, evidence of a recent rebuild on these cylinder heads. reinstalled everything above the crank. regasketed, checked/adjusted valve clearances to dead on. reinstalled. ran for a while still steaming (until all the moisture in the exhaust burned off). then started to smoke blue - then huge fogging of oil smoke. pulled valve covers - top of front head full of oil, plug wells completely filled. lots oil in cylinders. he's pulled the engine again to look for problem(s). any suggestions where to look?
andy
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