by kchaser » Sat Aug 31, 2013 2:49 pm
So. Questions for the engine gurus. I have a 302. Had it built ahh about 15 years ago. It started in my bronco when I was mud racing in Wisconsin. Then into two different ice racing cars then a 1980 and 1984 tough truck bronco. So it has lived it's life at 6000rpms +++. Long story longer. It's been back in my bronco for 5 yrs or so running like day 1. I just put a PCV system on it and after cleaning it up changing oil and stuff I took a measurement of some header temps to make sure all were firing and hot. Well two cyl are about 1/2 as hot as the others. Funny thing is if I pull the PCV and plug the line the temps instantly rise. Can the PCV be pulling the mixture away from the cyl or something? I need to do a compression test yet but maybe rings are shot. Any ideas? Valves are adjusted and moving. Just weird that a PCV would cool the temps of only two cyl down. One on each side of engine.