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« on: March 17, 2007, 04:56:02 PM »
Posted earlier about the coolant leak from the bypass modification. I fixed it today and ran the car a good 20 minutes came up to temp then 3/4 thermostat finally opened and it leveled off at little below halfway. It is smoking lightly at idle and heavy when reveed repeateadly. little pool of water at tailpipe after 20 minutes. It's not mixing in oil.(as far as i can tell how long does this take)
This is the first time car has been cranked in three years. Car was ran into ditch(hence no lower pan or pickup damaged upper pan) motor stopped towed home thats all the history  it was given to me. The smoke is white not very pungent. Do i have a stuck ring or head gasket? help runs great

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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2007, 06:09:07 PM »
Might just be condensation and water coming out of the system. Inconclusive at this stage!
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2007, 10:47:05 PM »
drive it around for a little bit and see if it changes color or odor.  white smoke and condensation are good.. it tells you that your cat is working properly
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« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2007, 01:42:00 AM »
Quote from: stever318is;21525
Posted earlier about the coolant leak from the bypass modification. I fixed it today and ran the car a good 20 minutes came up to temp then 3/4 thermostat finally opened and it leveled off at little below halfway. It is smoking lightly at idle and heavy when reveed repeateadly. little pool of water at tailpipe after 20 minutes. It's not mixing in oil.(as far as i can tell how long does this take)
This is the first time car has been cranked in three years. Car was ran into ditch(hence no lower pan or pickup damaged upper pan) motor stopped towed home thats all the history  it was given to me. The smoke is white not very pungent. Do i have a stuck ring or head gasket? help runs great

thanks steve

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My M44 too makes this. I have a bad lambda sensor...
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« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2007, 09:10:24 AM »
i'm putting a tie rod on it now so i can drive it a little bit, maybe it needs to just
run a bit. It is a pretty good bit of white smoke after the car gets warm. After I drive i will inspect oil again for mixing.
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« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2007, 01:18:57 PM »
drove it about ten miles white smoke no more this time, no overheating, no oil/water mixing
i epoxied the crap out of the cracked upper pan and it is barely leaking lol time for tag and insurance. Alignment is horrible but pretty stable at 60mph around a curve it gets a little tricky.:) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2007, 02:08:48 PM »
...always good to hear a success story. Which part of GA are you?
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2007, 02:31:58 PM »
i think i talked with tou about a used oil pan several months ago from norcross?
i got a new one at bav auto for $99. We will see haow it goes i got $175 in this so far. Lot's work to go having trouble posting pics i'll get some up soon. Ilive in clevelans NE corner.

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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2007, 08:24:05 PM »
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i think i talked with tou about a used oil pan several months ago from norcross?
i got a new one at bav auto for $99. We will see haow it goes i got $175 in this so far. Lot's work to go having trouble posting pics i'll get some up soon. Ilive in clevelans NE corner.

steve

Ahh yeah - putting pics up isn't too hard. Simply click on the paperclip icon to attach them or host them using a free pic service like photobucket
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