Oil Dip stick and Car smoking after oil change

[spiderman1]

I changed the oil in my 1982 that I purchased last week. It was in a garage for 10 years and started about 1 time per week. Previously ther had been no smoke from burning oil but now when I change gears and accelerate there is a bad smoke cloud that comes out.

It is really hard to get a read on the dipstick because it fits so titely and is still showing the dark old oil, not the clear new oil. Just curious about what is going on. I only put 3 1/2 quarts in the car until I could read and be sure how much it holds because I did not trust the dip stick reading,

Got any acvice?

[DieselSpider]

The block needed to be flushed along with the oil pan removed and cleaned before running it. If they started it weekly without driving it then the oil needed changing at least twice a year or 20 times over the 10 years which the black condition you described indicates really did not happen. At lot of work needs to be done to put a car that technically has not been driven for ten years back on the road.

Take the car off the road and stop driving it until you go though it 100% and make it roadworthy again. I don't recall what has been done so far however the cooling system needed to be flushed out with white vinegar and all hoses replaced, the brakes needed restoring with all rubber lines/parts replaced including the master cylinder and calipers. The valve cover and oil pan should have been removed and cleaned inside replacing the gaskets and valve seals while you were there cleaning and scraping up the black gunk stuck inside the engine along with getting the timing belt replaced. A 10 year old rubber coupling between the transmission and drive shaft is like a time bomb waiting to go off and should be replaced too so as not to have a sudden failure.

I generally will replace the oil pump and screen on an engine that has not been driven for that length of time installing a new oil pickup and screen just on principle.

[bradartigue]

Sounds like ancient oil and old gas. Flush it all out.

I've taken Spiders that have sat that long and brought them back from storage; you should expect to have to flush and replace everything - differential, transmission, brakes, motor oil, gasoline - and replace the timing belt. Once all that's done you drive it and usually find you need to replace the head gasket or various gaskets and seals. Sometimes you have to pull the motor, sometimes not.

[spiderman1]

You think I should change oil again? is there a way to treat the oil to clean the pan without taking it apart? I just have not got to that point yet?

[fiatfactory]

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