white smoke is usually burning antifreeze indicating blown head gasket
or cracked head.....
daveS
----- Original Message -----
From: Annette <squishfish@home.com>
To: Roadster list <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 8:12 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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