Guest jeff1216 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Finally got her going....Ended up being a major vacuum leak under the Arizona intake.......................It was torked to hell....The only way to stop it was use some gasket sealer....I dont like using that stuff on an intake but it did the trick. It does not have the power that it should...but it does run very smooth.......from here on out it is the easy stuff..............hot valve adjustment.....fine tune the timing and carb. I am going to have to pulle the timing cover one more time ( I hope not the head) From the timing cover being taken on and off so many times, I have a small oil leak at the top of the timing cover)......I hope a little gasket maker will do the trick....I really dont feel like pulling this head again. I have some blueish smoke under heavy excell ...... God I hope my carb is just rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Blueish smoke is usually oil burning. Too much fuel is usually black smoke. Glad to hear you found the problem!! 8) Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeff1216 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 after all this work if I am burning oil I am gonna be one pissed off puppy................................................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeff1216 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 on the smoke color it is really hard to tell......Jump on it and dark smoke comes out under excell.....of course looking in the rear view it turns dark to white pretty quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim240z Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Have someone rev the car while you are standing behind it. Or hold the palm of your hand a couple of inches away from the tailpipe and have someone rev it. If you hand get blackened by soot, then it's running too rich. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeff1216 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Thats what is funny.....does not smoke sitting still and reving....only under load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeff1216 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 The smoke has me kinda concerned though. Another concern is the oil leak....it is comming from the top of the timing cover where the head gasket meets the timing cover.............since that is not under pressure and is leaking from the chain spinning the oil around.....is there anything I can put on the seam to stop it from leaking.....I REALLY dont want to take this head off again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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