oil in exhaust

When first starting my jeep on the one side I have noticed some splatters of liquid on the ground below the exhaust, just thought is was some condensate in the pipe, however it seems to contain very fine oil particles, goes away once warmed up?

Any idea's what that may be? A bad ring?

Its a 73CJ5 with a 304 milage unknow. Never ck's compression.

 

Sure it's oil? Carbon from a too-rich mixture is black, and might be mistaken for oil. It sometimes comes out with the water condensed in the exhaust, and can splater.

Usually oil comes out the tailpipe as blue smoke. There's no simple way for oil to get into the exhaust unless it goes through combuston, where it's burned and becomes blue smoke. Look for brown-black tarry deposits on your spark plugs, as evidence of oil burning.

 

Hum, weird you have dual exhaust? because muffler can condensate water in it, it could be only water that mix with the carbon inside de muffer and that's why you see black spot on the ground that make you thinking about a bad ring....i may be wrong too just try to help!!!

Good luck finding the problem!!!

 

I agree

 

I guess that is probably want it is, just only does it on one side, it has dual exhaust. thx

I guess I will follow my normal path, drive it till it brakes, then fix it, don't look for stuff.

 

On a V8, one side of the exhaust is blocked and diverted to the other side through the manifold, when it's cold. So if the problem is related to engine temperature, you might see that.

 

It is possible that you have an exhaust seal leaking or a cracked valve guide. If these are the case, the oil could get into your exhaust unburned, but such a problem will reveal itself fully in short order. Very unlikely actually, but possible.

Scott

 

How about the rubber valve seals? How much oil do you lose between 500 mile intervals?