smoke

martinezm · 07-30-2008, 12:29 PM

Have a friend who flipped his 1987 chevy truck on the passenger side, truck did not flip over but layed on its side for a couple hours. Truck is now blowing white/blue smoke from passenger side tail pipe, can anybody explain why truck being on its side is now causing this smoke, any thoughts? Thanks Marty

75K30 · 07-30-2008, 12:45 PM

Oil is kept in the pan. When an engine is lated over on the side, oil is permitted to go places it should not be at.
Eventually oil will find its way into the top end, and into the cylinders where it burns, and blue smoke is the result.
Make sure that fluid levels are proper, and that th engines oil pump does not cavitate, or the engine will sieze.
The blue smoke will go away after the engine is allowed to sit, and residual oil will burn off.
Those of us that flop our trucks every now and then see this as often as we forget that the rubber side goes down.

03chevy · 07-30-2008, 01:33 PM

pull the coil wire off so the truck doen't try to start and pull all the plugs out and turn the the motor over and you should see oil blowing out of the holes. and get new plugs and then start it up and let it run for about a half hour. i did the same thing to my s-10 ss and had to do that.

gmctrucks · 07-30-2008, 11:52 PM

03chevy & 75K30 good ideas.

heavychevy85 · 07-31-2008, 05:04 PM

we flip our derby cars over on the sides if we have to change tranny's or flywheels and when we rollem back over we letem sit for like a day to let the fluids drain back down just let it sit and change the plugs if you already ran it

72'CaminoKid · 07-31-2008, 07:06 PM

all good ideas.... not knocking 03chevy at all. its a very good idea and does work. but be wary, that will be messy.

07-30-2008, 12:29 PM	#1
martinezm Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 4	smoke Have a friend who flipped his 1987 chevy truck on the passenger side, truck did not flip over but layed on its side for a couple hours. Truck is now blowing white/blue smoke from passenger side tail pipe, can anybody explain why truck being on its side is now causing this smoke, any thoughts? Thanks Marty

07-30-2008, 01:33 PM	#3
03chevy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jax,fl Posts: 1,055	pull the coil wire off so the truck doen't try to start and pull all the plugs out and turn the the motor over and you should see oil blowing out of the holes. and get new plugs and then start it up and let it run for about a half hour. i did the same thing to my s-10 ss and had to do that. __________________ A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste!

07-31-2008, 07:06 PM	#6
72'CaminoKid Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,329	all good ideas.... not knocking 03chevy at all. its a very good idea and does work. but be wary, that will be messy. __________________ 99 suburban xlt 96 silverado 91 wrangler (my baby ) 08 Honday shadow 750 (my mistress)

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07-30-2008, 12:45 PM	#2
75K30 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,630	Oil is kept in the pan. When an engine is lated over on the side, oil is permitted to go places it should not be at. Eventually oil will find its way into the top end, and into the cylinders where it burns, and blue smoke is the result. Make sure that fluid levels are proper, and that th engines oil pump does not cavitate, or the engine will sieze. The blue smoke will go away after the engine is allowed to sit, and residual oil will burn off. Those of us that flop our trucks every now and then see this as often as we forget that the rubber side goes down.

07-30-2008, 11:52 PM	#4
gmctrucks Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 1,966	03chevy & 75K30 good ideas.

07-31-2008, 05:04 PM	#5
heavychevy85 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Muncy, PA Posts: 262	we flip our derby cars over on the sides if we have to change tranny's or flywheels and when we rollem back over we letem sit for like a day to let the fluids drain back down just let it sit and change the plugs if you already ran it