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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 8
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My engine is smoking!
![]() ![]() Please help me, I would like to get this figured out without having a mechanic come out... any shop work (or house calls) comes out of my Mod budget! |
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glamoros piece o' lowlife
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Redford, MI
Posts: 1,164
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Re: HELP!!! It's smokin!!
slightly rich smell and hazy smoke is what I have too, I blame it on worn out valve guides but then again I ain't too sure, truck seems to be guzzling gas real bad sometimes
![]() About the hoses - the lower hose is full of coolant, it's just hard to feel it cause when there's air in the upper one (and there usually is) when you squeeze the lower hose water just fills up part of the upper one. When checking the upper hose for pressure, was the thermostat open? Cause until engine warms up there ain't gonna be no flow through it at all.
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#3 |
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 8
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Re: HELP!!! It's smokin!!
I'll check the lower hose again in the morning. For some reason I thought that the coolant always flowed, just more when the themostat is open. My buddy says it wouldnt hurt to pop in a new thermo just in case though.
I never did check my exhaust before now so I have no frame of reference on the fuel mixture. Does anyone think it's possible that I could have accidently adjusted something in the carb? I was playing with the choke and throttle when I was cleaning it, but everything seemed to go back into place when I was done... what the hell did I do to make it run rougher than and hour before? I'm sure this is the first of MANY frustrations this beauty is gonna give me (actually its probably the 3rd or 4th by now). |
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 8
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Re: HELP!!! It's smokin!!
Alright, she's running smooth now. Better even... sprayed the **** out of the carb with some cleaner and adjusted the mix and now no rich smell or smoke from the exhaust. The smoke from under the hood was from some dirt from the block I must have rinsed into the crevices of the manifold... 5 minutes and it was all done. Still gonna order a rebuild kit and a new thermo, unless I just swap out my qjet instead.
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