82 720 z22 motor constant white smoke

[Billychar]

Hey man I find it surprising you are still bashing your head against a wall with this. We always assume things to be complete right. But you have a shitbox motor that has been played about with. A new Weber is a darn good start. NO half measure will do and all engines are fundamentally alike. Get those bolts out so they can no longer be your problem. You should buy a set of rings and hone the bores yourself, seeing you are in a pinch for money? You do not know if there are oil rings still in the motor yet? Am I right?

The block surface has to ALSO be flat and CAN be out of true after overheating . (thats why the head needs work-overheated). Overheating ruins the ring tension and they wont seal. Now if the head is fixed but the block is crook the seal between them may fail, so check the deck! Check the compression pressures is a very good start also, but you start a job like this then may as well do a proper freshen up. Main bearings and conrod bigend shells might go a new round but usually set a new set of big end shells with rings.