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My old man recently picked up an 80's series cruiser 96 model, which is blowing lots of smoke when started. Is this normal with all 80's series? The smoke dies out after a short drive.
Probably the valve stem seals are worn, oil seeps into the cc when you turn the motor off , when restarted it burns that little bit out and is fine again.
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My 80 (225k's) smokes on startup but also blows smoke badly on long descents, ie when engine braking. Is that the valve stem seals also or does it indicate wear elsewhere?
andrews wrote:My 80 (225k's) smokes on startup but also blows smoke badly on long descents, ie when engine braking. Is that the valve stem seals also or does it indicate wear elsewhere?
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Greg
It means that probably both your rings and stem seals are gone.
My 80 has been blowing valve stem smoke since i have had it.. (8 years)
if i leave it idling for a while it will blow a puff when i give it a rev (bugger all really) and if im doing long decents it will blow a puff as i Acc at the bottom...
yeah im in the smokey 80's club....mine will smoke on startup and when i give it some acc for the first time but from what i can gather its all fuel smoke so i was thinking maybe injectors cos it struggles a little to start but yeah i dunno...doesnt seem to bother me that much....
