- 1. smoking start (score: 1)
- Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 13:34:59 -0600
- Just out of curiosity - what would make a car start with a nice cloud of smoke coming out of the exhaust, only to clear up after running for maybe a minute? There is no sign of excessive oil consumpt
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- 2. Re: smoking start (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff Fayne" <fayne@attglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 14:56:24 -0500
- a enough Sounds like a classic symptom of worn valve guides. As the engine cools, the clearance between the valve and the guide increases, oil drips into the cylinder and is burned off when started.
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- 3. Re: smoking start (score: 1)
- Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 17:11:44 -0600
- Thanks to all that replied on my smoking start question. I got quite a few replies, many off list. It seems that the majority of replies point to worn valve guides. As far as valve jobs, I have only
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- 4. Re: smoking start (score: 1)
- Author: Gonaj@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 10:38:55 EDT
- Sounds like the common symptom of worn valve guides. There is a simple fix if that is the case, it's an outer seal that you put on the valve stems. Ask your auto parts dealer. George /// /// mgs@aut
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- 5. Re: smoking start (score: 1)
- Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 08:08:21 -0700
- Well, George, true but not always possible! If David has double valve springs on his engine, there's not room to put an "umbrella" seal on the valve guide without machining the top of the guide to ac
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