68EFIvert
Well-Known Member
As many of you know I am running a Vortech Supercharger on my car. I have been having problems with blow-by ever since I put in my engine. Last summer I lost a lifter which caused $2000 to get the car repaired and put back together. This time and last time the engine was put together I have had problems with oil leaks. I have tried everything from PCV valve fixes to even adding vacuum pumps. I thought the vacuum pump fixed the problem until it filled up my overflow tank and started to leak all over the floor of my garage. It took it about 50 miles for that to happen.
I am obviously frustrated and have been looking for a solution to my problem of the rings not sealing. I called the engine builder to disucss my ring options and we agreed on total seal rings should improve my problem. I called Total Seal to talk it over with their tech guy Keith Jones. He was great by the way. I told him I was using Probe pistons with a 3mm oil seal ring. He said that was my problem. It was not wide enough to do the job. I am getting a new set of rings that have a high tension oil ring and overlap upper Ring(s). He also recommended using a standard flow oil pump with my vacuum pump. Too much oil is being pumped up to the heads and is being sucked out.
I will be adding more baffling to the valve covers where I have the inlets to the vacuum pump when I fix the rest of the problems. Crap never seems to stop on this car. I hope this is the final bug that has been eluding me for the past couple years. Once it is corrected I think I can finally enjoy the car. Until then I have to pull the engine out and re-ring it. I'll it this time in my garage.
I called the engine builder to give him the info that I learned. He told me they use the 3 mm oil ring so that they don't need to go into the wrist pin area with the ring. I just wanted to pass on some of my experiences of small oil rings and how they work with boosted applications. Once I get the thing running again I will post what happened and if it fixed the problem. If it doesn't I may need a stick of dynamite. :guns
I am obviously frustrated and have been looking for a solution to my problem of the rings not sealing. I called the engine builder to disucss my ring options and we agreed on total seal rings should improve my problem. I called Total Seal to talk it over with their tech guy Keith Jones. He was great by the way. I told him I was using Probe pistons with a 3mm oil seal ring. He said that was my problem. It was not wide enough to do the job. I am getting a new set of rings that have a high tension oil ring and overlap upper Ring(s). He also recommended using a standard flow oil pump with my vacuum pump. Too much oil is being pumped up to the heads and is being sucked out.
I will be adding more baffling to the valve covers where I have the inlets to the vacuum pump when I fix the rest of the problems. Crap never seems to stop on this car. I hope this is the final bug that has been eluding me for the past couple years. Once it is corrected I think I can finally enjoy the car. Until then I have to pull the engine out and re-ring it. I'll it this time in my garage.
I called the engine builder to give him the info that I learned. He told me they use the 3 mm oil ring so that they don't need to go into the wrist pin area with the ring. I just wanted to pass on some of my experiences of small oil rings and how they work with boosted applications. Once I get the thing running again I will post what happened and if it fixed the problem. If it doesn't I may need a stick of dynamite. :guns