Yikes !
That doesn't sound good. Is there a test to find a head gasket leak ?
Could it just be condensation from having sat for so long ?
At 02:00 PM 5/3/98 -0400, Steve Byers wrote:
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>Hi, Dave -
>Black smoke usually means the car is running rich , blue smoke means it's
>burning oil, white smoke is water in the exhaust. I suspect you have a
>head gasket leak, and water is getting into your cylinders.
>
>Steve Byers
>Havelock, NC USA
>'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
>"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
>than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
>
>
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>> From: Dave <dfox@blarg.net>
>> To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>> Subject: Too much smoke
>> Date: Sunday, May 03, 1998 1:22 PM
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I'm busily trying to resurrect my little midget before summer passes me
>by.
>> The engine was rebuilt five years ago and, as I was told, never "run in"
>> and has been sitting ever since.
>> I think I got the carb thing under control now but what I can't figure
>out
>> is where all the smoke could be coming from.
>> While warming up the exhaust is pretty smokey but when the engine temp is
>> up I get TONS of light colored smoke.(Neighbors are NOT happy) What could
>> cause this ?
>> I'm too new at this to know what to suspect.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>> '67 Midget
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