Dennis,

Sorry to relate everything to airplanes, but that is where my mechanical
origins come from........... for an engine that sits at an odd angle for
a long period of time, would not a hydraulic lock be a likelyhood, in
which case if suspected it would be wise to pull the plugs and turn the
engine over by hand several times to be sure the internals are free,
re-install the plugs and only then fire it up? Might bend  a rod or
damage the crank otherwise.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GAL Driver.

Dennis Haynes wrote:
> Is the van parked on a hill or tilted to one side? Oil my be puddling in the bottom of the cylinders. Maybe the valve guides and letting oil drip down. If it clears and there are no other problems or excessive oil consumption, don't worry too much.
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> Dennis
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Elliott
> Date: Friday, February 16, 2007 11:00 pm
> Subject: 1.9L exhaust smoke after sitting for 30 days
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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>> Getting Mellow Yellow ready for a trip to the desert, hopefully
>> to catch
>> some spring showers. MW's been sitting for about 30 days without being
>> run. I needed to move it to do some work on the upper ball
>> joints, and
>> when I started the engine the hydraulic push rod rattled, which is
>> normal when the engine hasn't been run for a while. What was
>> unusual was
>> a fairly amount of smoke (not white water, but gray oil) that
>> came out
>> of the exhaust for the first 30 seconds or so.
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
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