Bad engine miss

[Springer2269]

Great news indeed.
If one or any of those bent pushrods was an intake valve, the vacuum created inside the cylinder with that piston going down while the valve is closed, it's reported to be able to suck oil up past the rings. That can cause a lotta oil to get in the exhaust, to be burned up.
Vehicles with bad cam lobes/rockers often do same.
Drive it more often, lol, - don't run it for short periods, let it get good and hot to prevent condensation in the crankcase.
Good luck, - lotsa miles, with lotsa smiles.

Yeah I feel really lucky, drove it a lot today. The smoke has completely stopped and it’s running really good. A second tank of fresh premium really made a difference too.

 

[j par]

Yeah I feel really lucky, drove it a lot today. The smoke has completely stopped and it’s running really good. A second tank of fresh premium really made a difference too.

Good news!..

 

[Oldmanmopar]

Well I found the bad miss in my engine, now to figure out what caused 3 cylinders to bend the pushrods

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The reason why I mentioned this in post #9 is I have seen this many times. Sitting for a long time the valves stick open. When cranking the engine over the push rod falls out and gets under the rocker base. The piston then comes up and closed the valve and bends the push rod if it is jammed under the rocker. Sometimes you get lucky and they snap back in place if the valve is not open to far.

 

[Springer2269]

The reason why I mentioned this in post #9 is I have seen this many times. Sitting for a long time the valves stick open. When cranking the engine over the push rod falls out and gets under the rocker base. The piston then comes up and closed the valve and bends the push rod if it is jammed under the rocker. Sometimes you get lucky and they snap back in place if the valve is not open to far.

Definitely got lucky I’ve been driving it weekly now and she’s running great. Something was definitely up even before I stopped driving it because the passenger side has a little blue smoke at idle (really couldn’t tell driving down the road) and now absolutely no smoke.
The motor only had 1000 miles and I put about 800 on it before I couldn’t use it for about a year. I’m wondering if the switch to the high zinc valvoline made the difference. Again thanks for all your help.