Hi folks,

Similar to Todd Last's collapsed lifter that he shared a video about, I've
got a similar situation on my 91 Westy. Oh yeah, I'm in Oakton, VA.

I had the classic water gasket leaking coolant. I removed the passenger
side head with engine in the van, cleaned it up, checked it for leaking
using Scott's recommendation to check the valve guides using gas (I used
parts cleaner instead of gas with no signs of leaking along the valve
guides) and reinstalled. Did the fuel lines while I was on that side of the
van as well. New gromets, gaskets, etc all the way around, nothing rubber
reused. (I repalced the green o-rings on the cylinders, but no the black
one's back inside the engine since I didn't remove the cylinder sleeves).
So, all back together, she fires right up on the first try. Usual bleeding
of the coolant, etc.

Now, as I expected, there should be some smoke as oil/coolant that may have
gottent to places it shouldn't have. There was. A lot of it. I thought at
first it might be a collapsed lifter (one was squishy when I put the push
rods back in). However, I don't have the knocking sound that Todd had in
his video, just lots of smoke.

I've run it about 10 minutes total and still no change. I'm wondering if
I've managed to mess something up and actually have coolant getting into
the combusion process.

Any advice as to what to check first? Or, just need to run it more? I did
NOT adjust the valves, just replaced the assemble as I had taken it off.
Perhaps I need to go through the valve adjustment process? (Although I
don't here anything abnormal from that area).

A short video is here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=113741720077010029753&target=ALBUM&id=5695338093044400273&authkey=Gv1sRgCIeJqISt-qiL5gE&feat=email

Gregg
Blueberry - 91 Westy (2.1L stock)
Oakton, VA