Before doing anything, get the right PCV Valve, the right grommet, hoses, and do it right. That could be the whole problem. The valve is either too small or it's the type that mounts the other way, so get the right one. They are cheap. Engine running valve still in the hose but not in the valve cover - try pulling the valve out of the hose. The engine should die instantly.
The grommet goes in the right side (passenger side) valve cover, the PVC plugs into it, a large hose specifically designed for PCV systems - it says PCV on it - goes to the big inlet at the carb base. Other types hoses will collapse under use - looks OK engine stopped, but collapses and restricts engine running.
The other part of the PCV is the air inlet. That's a cap on the left valve cover - not a solid cap. It either is the open type with a filter in it (not good for off-road dust) or it has a hose that runs to the air cleaner.
That hose MUST terminate INSIDE the filter area where it gets air that's already been cleaned by the filter, or it will have a push in filter just inside the air cleaner. I'll bet that filter's dirty and oily too - from the fumes pushed the wrong way from the pressure.
If the air inlet hose just terminates in the air cleaner but on the outside of the filter, either get a filter on the hose or get the correct air cleaner. Without the proper filter, dust gets sucked into the engine - a sure killer.
Many aftermarket filters, the chrome ones with the plastic base either don't provide for the air inlet or put it in the wrong place. They don't care if your engine sands out as long as you buy their junk product. The plastic base filters, or those with one or 2 adapters to make it fit are trash too. If you really need shiney, try Moroso or a quality product, they are pricey but worth it.
If you need to replace the whole filter arrangement, get a junkyard one from a stock vehicle. Measure how much room you've got - tons - and neck dia. A good source is older Chey's, trucks, cars etc. That 2G carb is very common. (You can get it chromed or paint it pretty.)
The fresh air sweeping through the engine keeps the innards clean, free from sludge and condensation (that brown crud.) It also takes care of the normal blowby gasses, but is able to only handle so much of it. If something's wrong, like a ring, the poor little PCV can't handle it.
I had an old Ford van once, almost 300,000 miles on it - ran great but lots of blowby. I put a second PCV system on it to handle the extra blowby, worked great - and stopped the oil leaks.
Get the right PCV valve and the right hoses before doing anything else. I'm sure you can get it all for less than $8.
Day trading? Unless you can stand to weather losses of a few thousand dollars once in a while when the market turns against you, don't. Find a nice stable NYSE stock and stick with it. Few mutual funds consistantly beat the market, the winners in those is the fund managers who run it. They trade with your money, profits go in their pocket first. Even if the fund loses, they still get their commissions for trading. My neighbor is a bond broker - does very well - doesn't invest much of hios own money though, doesn't need to when he can play with yours.
Tech stocks are a big gamble now. Some will do very well over the next few years, but some will dissapear - which? Who knows.
The way medical research is making such big inroads lately a few of those will skyrocket - but which?
Energy? A good long term bet, if the government doesn't nationaize them - look at Calif - Davis and the politicians are trying to control the the electric and gas companies - to control you. That's why we have the problem now, they were messing with it with price controls, a sure disaster. Their goal is control - if you don't vote for them, or don't like what they are doing - no power for you!
I'm rarely invested in any stock more than a day or 2. In on a small dip, out on a peak. You don't make alot on any turn, but you do it over and over and over.
That's why I'm on here so often, I'm watching and waiting for the market to move slightly so I can do the next trade.
Good thoughts BigRooster, but I would think if the chain had slipped, his major complaint would be driveability. Defective guides leaking through are a possibility, exhaust side.
Does it give out a big puff of smoke (from the tailpipe) when you start it after it's sat overnight? How 'bout decelerating or coasting downhill - lots of smoke from the tailpipe? Loose guides suck oil down into the cylinders, bad valve seals do the same thing.
Seems like the original smoke complaint was uphill under acceleration but not from the tailpipe, an oil leak that gets worse under that condition. But who knows.
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