stevens_05

I have a 1986 f150 with the 302 and it seems to be smoking from the oil fill cap. Any ideas on how to stop this smoke?

Just call me Sean

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This is caused by blow by. You will need to change the rings, might as well rebuild the engine.

stevens_05

I am newer and still learning about engines How much work is it to rebuild?

Fast Hampster

it takes about a week if you'll do it slowly and carefully and you spend a few hours a day. It's a lot of work to do actually. My very first 4 cylinder engine rebuild took about 3 weeks. You should remove the engine, disassemble it completely, cleal everything up, replace a lot of parts in it and assemble everything again. It will reqire a ceiling-mount hauler, dynamometric (torque-measuring) wrench, gradienter and some more tools. You'll also need a clean place to do it. Changing rings is a bit easier. I'm not trying to offend you in any way, i'm just warning that it's a complicated but interesting job.

stevens_05

Thanks for your help

NGM

Its not hard just tedious. Like he said take your time and keep everything clean.

crazykarl

you might try and get a manual that has GOOD step by step instructions.. It will be time consuming but if it runs good you can say you did it. main thing is to do what he othres have said, get a clean place to do it and also torque everything to specs. Myself i like mitchel manuals i am sure others have there most favorite also.

Good old Bill

Everyone is offering up good stuff, here is another opinion. Mechanics are mechanics, machineists are machineists. (Can't spell). Point is, do the work, pull the engine as said earlier and disassemble it. Now, take the heads, block, crank, rods, camshaft all that stuff to a good machine shop and let them measure, grind and do their thing. I'm all for doing and learning but you have to protect your investment and have the job turn out correctly. Not "IF IT RUNS" as was said previously. Get an estimate from the shop for this work and then get an estimate for them to overhaul the engine. One other thing, do yourself a favor, do not find a big box and put every nut, bolt, washer, bracket or what ever in it. Amatures do it that way, then spend hours trying to remember what goes where. Keep things in groups. Everything to remove the radiator in one group. Everything to unbolt engine from transmission in one group. This seems dumb and stupid but it works. Its fun and rewarding not to have anything left over in that "box".

Ford302V8

yea buddy you need to either rebuild or get a new one i would recomend to get a jaser rebuilt 302 they are fairly cheep and run great