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Old 06-20-2009, 09:13 PM
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could it be piston rings?
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Old 06-20-2009, 09:29 PM
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no you have good compression
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Old 06-20-2009, 09:31 PM
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Could be running rich, my car smoked when i bought it because the timing was off and it was running rich as hell...
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Old 06-21-2009, 01:22 AM
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rich usually is black smoke
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Old 06-21-2009, 08:00 AM
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carb was rebuild and runs good
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Old 06-21-2009, 08:13 AM
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like i said, could be one of the following, intake gasket, head gasket, or a cracked head....how bad is the smoke?
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Old 06-21-2009, 11:23 AM
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not to bad gets worse as it warms up
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Old 06-21-2009, 12:14 PM
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I'm gonna say head gasket
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Old 06-21-2009, 07:33 PM
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i did a vacum test it said valve springs
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Old 06-22-2009, 12:42 AM
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how did a vaccum test say valve springs exactly?
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