help with smoke!
09-06-2005, 06:40 PM
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help with smoke!
When I start my car up for the first time, it blows a nice puff of white/grey smoke out the pipes, more if I have to pump the pedal( carbed), after if runs for a few sec it goes away. It doesn't blow any smoke when I am driving, but if I sit at a light for more then a couple of min, it will start to smoke alittle. It smokes even worse if I shut it off and then restart it within the hour. I have been checking my oil and coolant, no bubbles seen or anything in the oil as of yet. This isn't a daily driver so I haven't drove it more then probably 200 miles since putting the engine back together after putting all new gaskets in it over the winter. I have been told it might be my valve seals!?! could this be it or maybe my head gaskets? I ran a compression test on the heads, and they all pumped up and stayes with in the allowable psi, can't remember what the numbers where off hand though.
09-06-2005, 06:57 PM
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RE: help with smoke!
ORIGINAL: tinner7
When I start my car up for the first time, it blows a nice puff of white/grey smoke out the pipes, more if I have to pump the pedal( carbed), after if runs for a few sec it goes away. It doesn't blow any smoke when I am driving, but if I sit at a light for more then a couple of min, it will start to smoke alittle. It smokes even worse if I shut it off and then restart it within the hour. I have been checking my oil and coolant, no bubbles seen or anything in the oil as of yet. This isn't a daily driver so I haven't drove it more then probably 200 miles since putting the engine back together after putting all new gaskets in it over the winter. I have been told it might be my valve seals!?! could this be it or maybe my head gaskets? I ran a compression test on the heads, and they all pumped up and stayes with in the allowable psi, can't remember what the numbers where off hand though.
When I start my car up for the first time, it blows a nice puff of white/grey smoke out the pipes, more if I have to pump the pedal( carbed), after if runs for a few sec it goes away. It doesn't blow any smoke when I am driving, but if I sit at a light for more then a couple of min, it will start to smoke alittle. It smokes even worse if I shut it off and then restart it within the hour. I have been checking my oil and coolant, no bubbles seen or anything in the oil as of yet. This isn't a daily driver so I haven't drove it more then probably 200 miles since putting the engine back together after putting all new gaskets in it over the winter. I have been told it might be my valve seals!?! could this be it or maybe my head gaskets? I ran a compression test on the heads, and they all pumped up and stayes with in the allowable psi, can't remember what the numbers where off hand though.
I believe you can do them without removing the heads though. You need an air compressor and new valve cover gaskets. By using an air compressor, and removing the spark plug of each cylinder as you work on it, you can remove the rocker arm and valve stem seals without having the valves fall into the engine. It can be tedious but worth it in saving a lot of extra work (taking the heads off).
I will check this out, I have the valve seals, smacking my head that I didn't put them in though lol
09-07-2005, 05:51 PM
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RE: help with smoke!
ok, now with the air compsessor idea, do you make a air tight seal and then pump up the cylinder with air, would I run the risk of ruining my rings with the air pressure? or do I just slip a hose in the spark plug hole and let it just keep shooting air in to the chamber while some escaping out around the hose? Would running the piston to TDC help?
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