Take a compression test. Pat
-----Original Message-----
From: Annette <squishfish@home.com>
To: Roadster list <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, April 05, 2001 8:32 AM
Subject: Smoke and plug wires
>Hey all,
>
>I had a friend over last night to show him the new Roadster, I started it
up
>for him and asked him how many cylinders he thought it was running on (the
>previous owner told me he thought it was only running on two) he agreed
that
>it sounded like it was running on all cylinders but SOMETHING was wrong.
He
>went and inspected the plug wires and decided that they were in the wrong
>order. He switched the #1 and #2 wires, we started the car again, it
starts
>RIGHT up, no more backfires, and it sounds ALOT smoother, no more
shuddering
>and shaking, so I am pretty sure he did the right thing. HOWEVER, now that
>those are switched the car is smoking from the tailpipe like there is no
>tomorrow!! We were sniffing and evaluating the colour of the smoke, trying
to
>determine if the car was just burning off all the bad gunk it wasnt getting
>the power to burn off before, but the smoke continued even after about 10
>minutes total of running. The odd thing is that when the car is first
>started there is just a tiny bit of smoke, looks like residual stuff coming
>out, but after it's been running about a minute or two the smoke starts
coming
>out alot worse. The smoke is mostly white with just a slight blue tint to
it
>and it smells like a lawnmower, which usually indicates that I'm burning
oil,
>but the smoke isnt the right colour!
>
>Now we're thinking that the previous owner switched the wires on purpose so
I
>would not see the smoke. *sigh* that's getting to be a theme with this
car!
>
>I know this is more general car related rather than roadster specific but I
>would really appreciate it if someone could give me a place to start with
this
>problem!!
>
>Thanks a ton,
>
>Annette
>Vancouver, WA
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