When i first start driving my s2, there seems to be some blue smoke, but after 2 mins, its gone, is this normal?

Want to get her in tip top cond, dont want anything to be wrong if poss.

cheers.

 

Valve stem seals?? Im sure when they go the oil leaks into the chamber. Hence the blue smoke on start up. Someone correct me if im wrong.

 

Can be a number of things.

Sometimes smoke is just water being evaporated out the exhaust and its more noticable on a cold day.

Could be worn piston rings or valve stems too, even an old turbo will leak oil when cold then as all these parts warm up they expand and seal properly and dont smoke anymore.

 

More than likely the vavle stem seals get a set from ford or www.burtonpower.co.uk not the cheap one's for the motor factors

 

Valve stems seals, turbo, breather, or its running too rich

 

i was going to get the valve stem oil seals done soon anyways, i have checked all the breathers, hope it isnt the turbo, but i know it has been set up a little rich, better too rich than too lean

 

probably the valve stem oil seals,very common problem with the cvh

 

As above. Piece of piss to sort yourself. Just make sure you get the one piece top hat style ones and not the two piece ones. Budget on half an afternoon if you're doing it on your tod

 

one of the best things i have doen to my rst was the valve stem seals

 

Cool, so the ones from burton are one peice?

Is there a how to guide anywhere?

Done it about 4 years ago on my old xr2, but had a guide & cant remember now

Cheers for all the help.

Worth doing the tappets at the same time?

 

Just get them from Ford. Think they were under £15 iirc. Get a decent tool for about £10 and the rest is a doddle.

Take the spark plugs out as it makes it easier to turn the engine by hand and also stuff rag around the vlve you are working on. Dropping a collet down an oil way is a right pisser

 

will change the plugs & leads at the same time, whats decent for these engines?

cheers for the help

 

For leads the proper Ford jobbies are about as good as they get.

Plugs wise I tend to use Bosch C57's but I think the Fiesta has Ford PC08's (don't quote me on the Fiesta as I'm not sure )

 

For changing the seals. i used a compressor and a tool i have that goes into the end of the compressor hose, then in the the spark plug holes what puts pressure on to the valves, so they dont fall into the chambers. Easyier then taking the head off.
tools i needed.

compressor
Compressor valve
Valve stem tensioner thing to push the springs down.
Im sure some of the lads on here will tell you an easyier way...

 

Why on Earth would you take the head off

 

you want one of these if your doin the valve stem seal's you dont have to take the head off



£10 plus the p+p from www.burtonpower.co.uk

 

That's the kiddy

 

They were £5 when i got mine best £5 i ever spent save's all the hassle of taking the head off

 

Agreed their mate

Wouldn't be without mine in my toolbox

 

I shall have one in my toolbox soon

 

Make sure you read the instruction's because you have to have the piston's to the top when taking the valve colliks out otherwise the valve will fall down into the chamber then that mean's head off to get the valve out

 

Im sure ive heard ppl in the past take the head off? Maybe they were doing some internal work aswell. Thats the tool though. Mine was fiver from motorworld or what ever its called. Agreed, VERY handy tool!

 

if you dont have the above tool then you have got to take the head off to do the seal's because the other tool was a clamp type thing