An easy way to tell whether the smoke you are seeing is white or blue
(water or oil) is to hold a mirror or piece of glass up at the tail pipe.
You will get some condensation on the glass/mirror. If it evaporates in a
few minutes it is water. Oil will not evaporate.
Peace,
Pat
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On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Mike wrote:
> hi,
>
> thx for all the replies. this is what I have. I installed a new heater core
> and lines so when I pulled the cap the coolant was low. I refilled it. the
> temp while running was a hair over 190. the smoke is not bright white. it is
> more bluish white. at idle it is not noticeable. when I rev it the smoke
> increases. I have the engine timed but it does seem to run a little rough.
> it seemed to smooth out when I played with the screws on each card to adjust
> the mixture. but the engine still vibrates until I rev it up. that being
> said im not sure what the engine is supposed to be like at idle so this may
> be normal. when revved it smoothes out but the smoke increases. the good
> news is that the new EI unit from Gary is working great! the backfire is
> gone that I was getting also. so pick it apart for me please. I will torque
> the head bolts down as was suggested earlier. it is my understanding that
> the smoke color im getting is when it is running to rich. I have not hooked
> the vacuum line up yet because I need to get the hose (tomorrow).
>
>
> so if anyone has had a similar experience or would like to make a suggestion
> or observation im open!
>
> thx,
>
> mike
>
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