Hi, Dave -
Black smoke usually means the car is running rich , blue smoke means it's
burning oil, white smoke is water in the exhaust. I suspect you have a
head gasket leak, and water is getting into your cylinders.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: Dave <dfox@blarg.net>
> To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: Too much smoke
> Date: Sunday, May 03, 1998 1:22 PM
>
> Hi all,
> I'm busily trying to resurrect my little midget before summer passes me
by.
> The engine was rebuilt five years ago and, as I was told, never "run in"
> and has been sitting ever since.
> I think I got the carb thing under control now but what I can't figure
out
> is where all the smoke could be coming from.
> While warming up the exhaust is pretty smokey but when the engine temp is
> up I get TONS of light colored smoke.(Neighbors are NOT happy) What could
> cause this ?
> I'm too new at this to know what to suspect.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
> '67 Midget
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