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1991 SR5 Pickup Smokes over 3K RPM

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Old Apr 13, 2016 | 06:23 AM
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1991 SR5 Pickup Smokes over 3K RPM

I've looked around a bit and haven't found anyone with a similar issue in this forum (at least not by searching smoke, exhaust, rpm and all combos there of). If one does exist I apologize and will delete this thread.

My rig started smoking a bit under acceleration a while back but it wasn't much and it was the cold of winter so I paid little attention. It sat for a month and I took it out a few days ago and it is now smoking (bluish white) extremely bad over 3K rpm. I mean to the point where I can engulf a 6 lane road with smoke that is obscures the visibility of all in the area. Under 3K no smoke at all.

I checked the oil and while I had lost some, it looked clean. I have also noticed a marked loss in power.

The best I can guess I'm burning smoke caused by a leaking valve seat? I'm guessing here because of the association with RPM but don't have enough experience to back that up. Can anyone help me out?
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Old Apr 13, 2016 | 09:24 AM
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Valve stem seal(s) you mean?

Anyway, maybe. But it could also be your piston rings. Which would better explain the loss in power.
Either way it's full or partial/top end rebuild time.
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Old Apr 13, 2016 | 12:48 PM
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burning smoke is usually caused by oil in the combustion chamber, a leaky valve just means a loss of compression.

smoke on acceleration is generally considered to be rings, smoke on deceleration could be the valve stem seals.

have you run a compression check? squirt oil in the cylinder after one reading, then check again and see if the compression increases, from oil sealing up weak rings.
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