Hamfisted
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For chits and giggles did you try running it with a heavier weight oil in it, like 20w-50 or straight 40w ? Sometimes that'll buy you some time. When I was a kid we had an old Ford wagon that severely overheated, to the point it needed new plug wires to run. Knocked like hell on 30w oil but some of that racing 70w oil shut it up for another couple of years ! Ended up trading it in on a new Mustang later on for the $500 trade in deal. It never did smoke, just knocked on light weight oil.
-Mike
-Mike