'84 Bronco II
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Hello,
It has been a while since I have posted on TRS, but I think this is probably the best place to ask about my 2.8L.
My 2.8L was pressurizing the crank case about a year ago and blowing oil out about as fast as I could dump it back in. In addition, it was pretty gutless, and had some pretty good valve noise going on.
I got tired of trying to nurse it along, and decided to rebuild it. This was the first engine I had rebuilt on my own, but I got through it all right. The engine was bored out .030, and the crank was turned .010 under. I put new pistons, rings, lifters, cam, and bearings in it. I essentially did a stock rebuild on it.
I have been driving it for about 3000 miles now. It doesn't leak a drop, and it is a lot quieter now, but it did not seem to pick up any power over when it had a bad cylinder and was blowing oil everywhere. If anything it seems like it has a little less power now. This is very disappointing, but I was wondering if anyone might have an idea of what is going on. I have trouble getting to 65 mph!
It has been a while since I have posted on TRS, but I think this is probably the best place to ask about my 2.8L.
My 2.8L was pressurizing the crank case about a year ago and blowing oil out about as fast as I could dump it back in. In addition, it was pretty gutless, and had some pretty good valve noise going on.
I got tired of trying to nurse it along, and decided to rebuild it. This was the first engine I had rebuilt on my own, but I got through it all right. The engine was bored out .030, and the crank was turned .010 under. I put new pistons, rings, lifters, cam, and bearings in it. I essentially did a stock rebuild on it.
I have been driving it for about 3000 miles now. It doesn't leak a drop, and it is a lot quieter now, but it did not seem to pick up any power over when it had a bad cylinder and was blowing oil everywhere. If anything it seems like it has a little less power now. This is very disappointing, but I was wondering if anyone might have an idea of what is going on. I have trouble getting to 65 mph!