trepa1sd

Check compression. Also, does it smoke right away or does it take awhile for smoke to show up? I had a an old chevy with a cracked head once. It would drive fine for a couple minutes while it was cold but as soon as it warmed up, BAM, zero power and white exhaust.

pony7up

A huge cloud of smoke comes out when i start the car. also after about 5 minutes of driving it starts the horsepwer just lags really bad , and the car also reeks of gas fumes >very exciting to drive !!! lol [sm=dontgetit.gif]

ikeybmg

have you checked your timing?

maverick771

did you port the heads yourself... if so did you go to much

pony7up

I had the heads done . but i didnt think about my timing ? Ill check it 2mrw Thanks!!!

ikeybmg

yea, timing way off can cause all that stuff. id check that out before i pressed the panic button

knucklefux

don't know about the ticking, but white smoke means antifreeze is burning. you mention that it reeks of gas, which could mean too much fuel pressure or maybe even an injector stuck open or something like that.

look at the spark plugs. they will usually indicate if something other than gas and air has been in the combustion chamber.