You don't have a honda motor in there do you??? ;-) Sounds like an aluminum
block warpage
problem.
DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
> OK -- Here's what is going on with my Midget.
>
> You may recall that I blew the head gasket and had a cracked head, and went
> through all that crap with Federal Express losing the head, then finding one
> through a fellow lister. I had that head boiled out, magnafluxed, and
> resurfaced at a machine shop. Got it all back together last week, everything
> torqued to specs, and started it up. Sounded pretty good. Took it out for
> a drive around the neighborhood and it was running fair, not great, then
> noticed that the temp guage was running up--overheating. I drove it back
> home, popped the bonnet, and unscrewed the radiator pressure cap to check the
> coolant level. Anti-freeze/coolant gushed out forcefully, of course. I
> found that the dipstick had water in the new oil, probably from the previous
> problem, so I drained out the new water-laden oil, pulled the pan and cleaned
> it completely out, and wiped down the rods and internals best I could.
> Refilled with fresh oil and new filter and new coolant. Reset the timing--I
> think it was a little too far advanced, and refilled the coolant level.
> Started it up and it stayed cool. Drove it to work the next day--did pretty
> good--still running fair, but not great. The choke lever dropped off the
> butterflies, so I epoxied it back on that evening.
>
> Next morning hopped in and started it up. Started for work. As I drove, I
> noted smoke coming from the rear of the car, not from the tailpipe, but it
> appeared to be generally and lightly coming from under the car. Started
> running roughly at stoplights at idle. Died a couple of times but restarted
> easily. I turned around and drove it back home. It never overheated--ran
> cool all the time. I pulled into the driveway and let it idle for a bit,
> then when I hit the accelerator to rev the engine, A couple of puffs of
> whitish smoke or vapor came from the tailpipe, then stopped. I replaced one
> ignition wire when I found it was shorting. That improved the idle a little,
> but adjusting the mixture screw on the Weber downdraft carb didn't seem to
> affect the roughness of the idle. I shut the engine down at that point. Now
> I noted that there is copious amounts of oil dripping quickly from the
> transmission. Hard to tell where it is coming from because everything under
> the car is coated with oil and dripping. Have not had time to look further
> into it. But here are the steps I am going to do tomorrow to begin checking
> out the cause of this poor running:
>
> 1. Check the spark plugs for problemmatic deposits, wetness, or color.
> 2. Check the dipstick for water and oil loss, if any.
> 3. Do a dry then wet compression check. Brand new head gasket though, plus
> a freshly milled head.
> 4. Check the freshly filled tranny to see whether the leak is coming from
> it, by checking the oil level. It was filled just two weeks ago.
>
> Anybody have any other suggestions on anything else to check out, please let
> me know. Thanks!
>
> --David C.
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