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1972TLC · 04-28-2007, 02:41 PM

So about a month ago I bought a 1986 Toyota Pickup. It had a blown head but the body is perfect (minus paint, which i don't care about) and it was all stock. Which is nice, I know it hasn't been screwed around with and messed up. So I buy it, I buy a new head for it, install it and clean the cab.

So I drive it around for a couple weeks after I get the head on, but I'm noticing that it's just blowing an ungodly amount of blue smoke at start up and doesn't go away until the engine is nice and hot. So, blue smoke=oil right? But it's not leaking any, so that's good. Well, I drive it these couple of weeks and then one day..I'm getting ready to leave school and fire her up. Starts fine but there's a very definitive knock. Not to be confused with the rattle that occurs spontaneously throughout driving conditions. So I get out, try to locate if it's side specific to the motor but I can't tell a difference anywhere. So I drive it to the closest gas station and check the oil. NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK!! Ok...crap, it's low. Probably just a quart. Wrong....try 2.5 qrts low on oil. So without further adue, I give you, One engine removal, One engine rebuild, One engine install and $720 dollars later.

After only two weeks.

Being silly.

04-28-2007, 02:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
1972TLC Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 647	Just a girl and her rig So about a month ago I bought a 1986 Toyota Pickup. It had a blown head but the body is perfect (minus paint, which i don't care about) and it was all stock. Which is nice, I know it hasn't been screwed around with and messed up. So I buy it, I buy a new head for it, install it and clean the cab. So I drive it around for a couple weeks after I get the head on, but I'm noticing that it's just blowing an ungodly amount of blue smoke at start up and doesn't go away until the engine is nice and hot. So, blue smoke=oil right? But it's not leaking any, so that's good. Well, I drive it these couple of weeks and then one day..I'm getting ready to leave school and fire her up. Starts fine but there's a very definitive knock. Not to be confused with the rattle that occurs spontaneously throughout driving conditions. So I get out, try to locate if it's side specific to the motor but I can't tell a difference anywhere. So I drive it to the closest gas station and check the oil. NO OIL ON THE DIPSTICK!! Ok...crap, it's low. Probably just a quart. Wrong....try 2.5 qrts low on oil. So without further adue, I give you, One engine removal, One engine rebuild, One engine install and $720 dollars later. After only two weeks. Being silly. Last edited by 1972TLC; 07-27-2007 at 02:09 PM.