I have learned that the people here know what they are talking about...
I got a new car a few weeks ago and I finally have it running and
driveable. It has even compression and within specs but when it idles a
long time (2+ minutes) it starts to misfire and smoke REALLY BAD for a good
minute or so. Then it settles back down, idles smoothly and runs fine for
another 2 or so minutes and does it all over again.
If I am running the car it never smokes, not on acceleration or
deceleration, it only smokes after idling a while and only on the left
side. Its a V6 and the no. 6 cylinder plug shows signs of oil
burning. What would make it smoke for a minute and then stop and run fine
for a few minutes and then smoke again, like this ?
The history of the car is unknown to me so I can't say anything about
how it was run or maintained but I know the car sat for 14 years prior to
my purchase. I went through it and cleaned the fuel tank, changed all
hoses and fluids prior to driving it. It seems to fun fine, except for
that occasional smoke at idle and its not a little smoke, its REALLY BAD.
Valve guides ? or valve seals ? is all I can think of...do you think it
could be seals, its not easy but i have been told I can change the seals
without pulling the head. I am tempted to pull the heads but i had planned
on driving it to Laguna-Seca historics in 3 weeks. Since I have even
compression how do I diagnose this ?
Mike
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Mike Rambour ( ) ( )
Bug Writer er...Programmer \ ) ( /
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