Re: helpSmoke under th ehood of my spit 1980

[msecres@ibm.net]

MR DANIEL R CAREY wrote:
> 
> got started after 8 years in the barn
> fluids all full
> 
> after about 2 minutes running smoke from the exhaust manifold/egr
> area..stnks
> appears the manifold is super hot
> so is the egr frame
> 
> any thoughts?
> Im gonaa test the thermostat...maybe the water pump
> exhaust seems to be hot , no blockage
> 
> dan

Is it the manifold that gets hot, or the catalyst beneath it?  A red-hot
catalyst indicates a carb setting that needs to be leaned out.

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Martin Secrest
74 Spitfire
73 GT6