Drax240z Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 OK, so as some of you know I blew a headgasket (or so I thought) last friday. After running around like crazy trying to borrow tools from people, I just finally got it going today. Changed the oil. Screwed with the timing a bit. Moved the cam timing advanced 4 degrees. (from the #1 to the #2) New plugs. New headgasket. Just took it around the block and its still smoking white and running like crap. I guess I mis-diagnosed the problem. Strange, because the headgasket looked like it was blown at number 6, and the compression was 125/125/125/125/125/45 before the headgasket swap. I looked at both the head and the block for cracks but couldn't see anything. Ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted July 19, 2001 Author Share Posted July 19, 2001 Looks like it might just be the coolant left in the exhaust system from when the gasket went... we'll try it for a couple days and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimZ Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 Believe it or not that was what I was just going to suggest. Hopefully that's all it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted July 19, 2001 Author Share Posted July 19, 2001 Looking good now. Not much smoke, coolant level is steady, timing is back to the point where I have power. Wheeeee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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