White Smoke fron '76 Shovelhead

[4eyes]

I'm getting white smoke coming out of my pipe off of the first cylinder. It gets worse as the bike gets hotter. Both cylinders are holding 150PSI and my next thought was maybe some condensation in my oil? But if that was the case, wouldn't I see it coming out of both pipes? Another thing that may be part of the issue, is that my push rods on the smoky cylinder does leak oil and the base gasket is leaking oil as well. Not sure if any of that would play into it. Any ideas?


Also, just some additional info on my bike:
-running ultima ignition
-both plugs are a nice golden brown
-straight exhaust pipes
-cv carb jetted and tuned

[cb550Matt]

intake check your orings and is it mounted right?

[4eyes]

intake is good. there seems to be a little oil on the plugs, but it looks like only on the threads. front pipe has oil coming out of it. not a lot, but enough to coat the inside of the pipe.

[Guest]

I say valve guide .

[Jhax]

I say valve guide .

+1 I had the same issue earlier this year, bike pulled fine down the road but blew white smoke like a bitch once it warmed up.

[triumphbruce]

valve guide seal could also be a problem
sometimes too much oil in pushrod tube indicates oil return passage blocked /partially causing oil to build up in rocker box
oil above valve guide being pulled into cylinder and over flowing down pushrod tube
or a blown head gasket between oil return and cylinder bore you wont loose compression but as eng warms up it will suck
more oil into cyliner