Second track event with my recently rebuild motor (<5k mi) a fellow driver (whom i passed ofcourse) approached me saying how i had spewed oil all over his bumper. Unbenounced to me, i checed my exhaust and sure enough, it filled my hand with liquid oil thus ending my weekend and explaining why i'm down 2.5qts of oil.
Two things.
One, i forgot to install the CCV i forgot that because it was solidly clogged i capped the (obd2) valve cover with a snug rubber cap temporarily. I forgot about this, was far too exited about my running car, and off i went.
Two, i can't remember if this head has a check valve somewhere in the oil passages. I'm doubting whether i even have it. I got the head from somebody and just dropped it in place. It was surfaced, (mostly) bare and clean when i got it.
I did a compression check and the numbers are between 192-203psig so that is good. I've changed the oil ever 1000mi since the rebuild, and the current oil is clean, see through still. I broke it in correctly with the correct petrol based oil. It now runs 10w30 mobil 1, i've run this in the past although people always ell me to run 10w40 (twice the price).
So,
I'm trying to understand what damage i could have caused to my engine (to the rings?) and what is the solution. My valves get reaaaally loud and take like 10mins of street driving to quiet down. I have good oil pressure and sport 9qts of oil (oil cooler onboard). This was basically its second track event since the rebuild. The first was a drift even with short (<35sec) runs hence i didnt notice the oil loss although the valves got lout towards the end of the day.
Max oil temp i've seen is 230F, avg'd like 210F through the day. pressures ~40idle cold ~9hot gets around 90-100psig near redline. I may have been pressurizing my crank pushing oil past my rings. I'm not a mechanic nor a engine builder, but simply a guy that likes to get his hands dirty for the sake of learning.. and yes i rebuilt this engine myself and rings are sized properly. Help greatly appreciated.
Two things.
One, i forgot to install the CCV i forgot that because it was solidly clogged i capped the (obd2) valve cover with a snug rubber cap temporarily. I forgot about this, was far too exited about my running car, and off i went.
Two, i can't remember if this head has a check valve somewhere in the oil passages. I'm doubting whether i even have it. I got the head from somebody and just dropped it in place. It was surfaced, (mostly) bare and clean when i got it.
I did a compression check and the numbers are between 192-203psig so that is good. I've changed the oil ever 1000mi since the rebuild, and the current oil is clean, see through still. I broke it in correctly with the correct petrol based oil. It now runs 10w30 mobil 1, i've run this in the past although people always ell me to run 10w40 (twice the price).
So,
I'm trying to understand what damage i could have caused to my engine (to the rings?) and what is the solution. My valves get reaaaally loud and take like 10mins of street driving to quiet down. I have good oil pressure and sport 9qts of oil (oil cooler onboard). This was basically its second track event since the rebuild. The first was a drift even with short (<35sec) runs hence i didnt notice the oil loss although the valves got lout towards the end of the day.
Max oil temp i've seen is 230F, avg'd like 210F through the day. pressures ~40idle cold ~9hot gets around 90-100psig near redline. I may have been pressurizing my crank pushing oil past my rings. I'm not a mechanic nor a engine builder, but simply a guy that likes to get his hands dirty for the sake of learning.. and yes i rebuilt this engine myself and rings are sized properly. Help greatly appreciated.
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