need a motor

[jetfixer]

Before you beat yourself up too much, or possibly buy into another problem, why don't you try to figure out why this engine smokes? Did you do a compression check? Was it sitting for a long time? Did you run it long enough to be sure it wasn't just burning off accumulated oil in the cylinders from sitting? Have you checked the valve stem seals? These are notorius for hardening and cracking away on the 289, and they are very easy to change. Try to find out where it's getting the oil to burn before you write it off.

[zeppi]

well to be honest i didn't look into it that much. went i first started it it was okay but I gave it one good rev up and it started to smoke now the oil pressure is ok I didn't do any compresion test. I was thinking rings right away. now I have had guild go bad on my mopar motor they smoke when you start them up but then goes away or lessens. this smokes prety good the hole time. Now the motor seem ok other wise just smokes perty bad. you say it is a easy change to change guild? how easy and what would i need? and does it sound like that is the problem. It would beat changing the motor. the car was a daily drive for a guy and he sold to a (no nice word comes to mind) the person i bought it from. Probaly sat for a few month at least. I ran it for a while it is not left over oil. If you throtal it, it is worse then if you hold it at a solid RPM but either way it smokes. what do you think should I give it a shot?

[Gearhead999]

If it smokes all the time....well there is something big time wrong. I would lean toward bad rings, broken rings, bad piston, etc.

The valve guides and seals usually only show smoke on start up.

Sounds major to me. Sorry to tell you that.