I find myself second guessing. Even though I'm still going to take the intake off and get that broken bolt removed and new gaskets and bolts.( that's a must) I have been letting her run for 15 minutes or so every few days. The oil pressure runs good and maybe drops down to around 45 lbs once she good and warm. Did a oil check today just to see if anything has shown up and its clean as a whistle. Good and clear. Water level has been good and thermostat is working. The smoke pretty light but I guess has a rich side smell. I wonder if maybe a valve may be a little sticky? I did the Marvin mystery oil since the motor sat for around 4 yrs so it was stuck but not real bad that it broke loose after a overnight cylinders with MM. I did run it a little with what was left in the pan after dumping it and refreshed oil for a few days, then did another oil and filter change to be safe. I pulled and inspected the the rockets ( which were looking good and replaced those gaskets as well with new cap, wires and plugs since it was easier to get to with intake off. I had the heads inspected about a couple of years before it sat and they said there were fine so I just had them go through and clean then I put them back on with new bolts. So the truck has been well maintained before it had to be parked due to some transmission issues I was going to address but wife got sick, so that why it was sitting so long.
Transmission I changed the speed sensor. the sensors in the valve body as well as that spring that was broke. It just had a small slippage after I replaced the spring. I just needed to step away because it was like I was chasing my tail. lol. I'm hoping maybe that problem will settle down once I can get to getting her legal and on the road so I can give her a decent run with a little distance. The motor itself is running good no weird sounds or knocking. Starts on the first turn of the key.
My question here is the smoking from maybe the intake or a sticky valve? I held it about 5 minutes at 1500 rpm to see what would happen and sometimes it get a little more white smoke and sometimes it doesn't. When I first started it a few times it was real smoky but has since died down to a steady small amount of smoke to where you do see it but it on the light side. I have a double tomorrow but will try to get a video of it in the next couple of day's so you guys can see what I am talking about. Thanks