2332 oil leaker

[effvee]

Hi everyone, I started taking apart the engine today. Boy oh boy I found everything wrong. The engine was clearenced for a 84mm crank. The scat "H" beam were supposed to clear a 84mm 94bore type "B" pistons. That's in dream world, the rodes had hit on everyone piston and O yeah about that oil puking,well it because of the #3 cylinder second ring gap/total seal were open. That made excessive blow-by. I'm going to clearence the piston a little, can't afford a new set at this time, since they are only two months old. This time ill pay close attention. I also took some weight off the flywheel due to I did not like the sluggishness from the stand still. Boy I hope I don't see much more wrong with my engine.

[effvee]

Hi, just a few word about my 2332. You here all those catolog/magizine mechanics talk a good story. For me here's the real 411. Ever since I built the engine it had a miss in it. To futher add insult to injury it puked oiled at 75mph+. And yeah, yeah, yeah lot's of engine vents, both at the valve covers and oiller filler. I choose to lower the compression to 7.4 per the Berg soft ware. I also install a remote oil cooler -8 (big mistake) I installed the cooler left side in front of the rear time for the ram air effect.The oil cooler line should have beem -6 (-8 starve's the rockers. Now back to those 94 pitons (even bigger mistake for a daily driver) runs hot, gets hot, then comes the blow-by and oil just starts coming from anywhere, everywhere. Listen don't do it, don't go above 90.5 in the piston and liners.. since that time I had a stuck intake, which caused a carb fire due to the continual back fire into the intake, now as I type my wife had to come and get me had another car fire. Had a electrical fire last two weeks. You know they say nothing beats a bit engine. Well big is not always better stay within your means or you will regreat it

[petevw]

effvee,

i respect your thoughts and opinions, but i totally disagree. i have a BIG 2332 and i love it. i only get oil squirting out if the dipstick, when im on the highway cruising at 4000-5000rpm. sure it makes a mess, but i spray on the engine desgreaser, hose it down, and its new again. my 94's are good haven't had a problem with them. 94's are cima barrels, and wiseco pistons. i have all my oil plumbed with 3/4 parker hose or pipe. my breathers are 1/2, which i will change to 3/4 when i take the valve covers off to adjust valves. i bought my case from fisher buggies, it was clearanced for a 82mm crank, and i dropped my 84 crank in, and had to clearance very little. the eagle rods (chevy journal), didn't require a lot room, so additional clearancing was minimal. motor runs cold, doesn't really see any heat unless i beat on it, or i'm cruising at a good rate on the highway.
sorry about your luck.

pete

[effvee]

Hi, well to be very frank with you, heavens I just don't know what up with this engine. At this time of the year it's 105 degress here in Cucamonga, CA. I don't know if the Scat crank has a problem? such as not true. And yes there is a lot of blow-by after I get off the freeway of approx one hour drive. My speeds are around 80mph. I lowered the compression to 7.3.. Engine run good but hot. I do beleive the blow-by starts after it get hot. And its from the crank area. It's got me tired of the VW sense I'll say that much. And I have four of them waiting to be reborn. :toilet: :toilet: :broken:

[SteveStromberg]

Vent your case into the headers.

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[effvee]

Hi gang. The reason for the up dates are due to, me hoping I can help someone else. So here goes, I left home at 1:00pm in route to work going down the road about 80mph. The engine never stopped leaking oil ever, but suddenly I see alot of blue somke. Then some lose of power, I pull over thinking just some oil on the headers. Oil everywhere, since I'm running a Oberg filter with braded lines I felt maybe to much heat from the header on the oil lines. Even though they are heat wraped, I check the dip stick and no oil. So I walk a mile get three quarts of oil. Start it up in order to see where is the oil leak. Before I could get to the engine to inspect oil everywhere. Now I look and see the valve gasket hanging. I remove the valve cover, dam not number 4 again! Let me back up a little, with the car fire due the intake valve stuck open, I had the heads rebuild. I insturcted european auto to do a valve job but don't fly cut the heads doing the valves. They informed me that due to number 4 exhaust rocker coming loose running on the retainer, and that the retainer was a chevy type retainer and they did not stock. I gave the go ahead to use the worn retainer. Two guides were replaced, and a valve job completed, but the valve height were of different height. I had to shim the rockers even higher due to the two valves height were longer in the seat area. Well I now find number 4 exhuast even higher then the rest and the spring, and it spin with ease. Well this means another tear down of which I just don't have another place to work on it. When I sold my condo I really did not want to touch the money until I buy another home. But that dam car has been a real night mare from the get go. Now I look for a late model truck.