90WLSP36 Smoke and heat

[martingregg598]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "williamcharrison"
wrote:
>Fuel is black, oil is blue, when cold, there could be some oil left
on the cylinder that burns off, I have been told by a great diesel
mechanic, that if I were blowing blue smoke it could be the rings.
As always a second apinion is good advice.

> Just recently my bird began to blow blue oil smoke when it was
cold.
> This symptom has gradually gotten worse over the last 3 months.
> After warmup the smoke disappeared (after 10 min or so). I took it
> to the local Cat dealer who discovered that the turbo was shot.
> He replaced the turbo ($4000.00 +) and the oil smoke is worse than
> before, what's more, the engine will not heat to above 160 deg.
> whereas before it ran at 190 deg. The dealer says I have to run
it
> hard to clean the engine out but I have to get the engine temp up.
> The oil temp also does not go up over 170 deg. Does this sound
like
> symptoms of a stuck thermostat? If so, how hard is it to replace
and
> what would cause the excessive oil smoke?
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck Harrison
> Akron, Ohio
> 90 WL SP36
>