Hi everyone,
Thank you for your responses. I leaned out the carbs and that helped the
start up problem and lessened the darkness of the exhaust somewhat but the
exhaust still is whitish. I put my finger in the tailpipe for a few seconds
and pulled it out wet and sooty. It seems to be running the same as when I
bought it a year and a half ago only the exhaust seems to have a little more
color to it. And it seems to be getting worse slowly.
I had it checked for a head gasket leak about a month ago and the guy said
that he couldn't find anything wrong with it. However, he couldn't do a
"sniffer" test because his setup wouldn't fit the car.
I think I'm going to pull the head soon just to see what is going on.
Matt Peterson
'68 1600 with a 3-main bearing
Zimmerman, Mn
>From: P or T <p-pie@sympatico.ca>
>Reply-To: p-pie@sympatico.ca
>To: Matt Peterson <pete_303@hotmail.com>, Datsun List
><datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: cloud of smoke on start-up
>Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 00:17:41 -0400
>
>YIKES!
>
>White smoke may not be a good sign, as the white aspect is quite
>possibly steam, made from water in the coolant....check this out: do you
>have any oil under your rad cap? Is there any coolant in your oil pan?
>I would be willing to bet that your new hot starting problems are
>directly related.
>
>Matt Peterson wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I was curious as to what a cloud of whitish blue exhaust means on
>start-up.
> > After the car has sit for awhile on start-up it will expel a good amount
>of
> > whitish smoke from the exhaust then it diminishes although the exhaust
>is
> > still visible. Could oil be leaking into the cylinders when it sits?
> >
> > Another question. When my car is started up cold I don't need to give
>it
> > any gas to start it. However, if the engine is still hot I need to
>depress
> > the gas pedal to the floor in order for it to start up. It just started
> > this one day a few weeks ago and it is getting annoying. I have no idea
> > what could be causing it to do this.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated!
> >
> > thank you,
> >
> > Matt Peterson
> > '68 1600
> > Zimmerman, MN
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