smoke from the oil filler on ford V6?! or swap to injection

[millard]

Finally got overheating problem under control and took the 7 out for a bit of a run, got back and noticed a lot of smoke coming out from the oil filler cap on the crank case. Nothing is coming out of the breather pipe on the other bank and its not blocked. Any clues? I'm guessing an oil seal on one of the valves, if it is can I get away without removing the head?

Currently I'm running a 2.8 on carb, but if the engine is critical or passed economical repair I've got access to a 2.8i. The engine swap is straight forward, but what would I need to do to run injection? again a guess, but electric fuel pump swirl pot?

[boosted ls1]

Did you thrash it and is it a mineral oil? If so it's getting very hot and you need to try a synthetic. I saw this recently on a 24v and that was out conclusion at the time.

Boosted.

[GreenV8S]

Sounds like the breather isn't, so check again that it isn't blocked anywhere.

[hal 1]

you can change the valve seals without removing the cylinder had by filling the piston chamber with compressed air, you can buy a tool for this from machine mart for less than a tenner, you pump up the cylinder and then lever the spring down with a suitable tool being careful not to lever against the surface of the cam ( I did this using a large ring spanner on my pinto engine )then remove the spring change the faulty seal and replace the spring.
might be worth trying before an engine swap

[millard]

I hadn't thrashed it, I've only done about 20miles since buying it so guessing its been like this for a while.

The breather is working fine as I can blow through it, its the actual volume of smoke thats concerning me!

I'm tempted to change the oil seal if its easy, is there a way of identifying the failed seal?

cheers

Alex

[hal 1]

dont know of any way to identify which seal has gone but if its any consolation i did all the 8 seals on mine in a morning,
if i remember correctly they were about £2 each or so,
couldn't see the compressor tool in latest machine mart mag so it may not be available from them now,
also forgot to say that piston should be on compression stroke so that both valves are shut and its the cam lobe you shouldn't lever against ( it was past my bedtime and i couldn't think what it was called ! )

[hal 1]

it might have been 4 seals, however many there are on a pinto cylinder engine. ( senior moment )