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Whitey Ford · 07-04-2003, 02:47

I fitted a reco head to my EA 3.9L multipoint OHC i6 engine and after re-assembling it and starting for the first time, it spewed out smoke from the exhaust. The rings are fine, it doesn't really smell like oil, what could it be?

Mike

old_mate · 07-04-2003, 02:53

have had the same problem on all the head gasket fixes i have done (totalling 3 in two years) and this problem is common on initial start-up. Take it for a good decent drive, should fix itself within no time (has on mine anyway)

Could also be burning off oil you might have spilled down exhaust? Condensation?

Whitey Ford · 07-04-2003, 17:39

Are you sure? really sure?
There's ****loads of smoke..

NZ · 07-04-2003, 18:06

Did you put the gasket in

Doesnt sound right. I had no smoke when I did mine

Whitey Ford · 07-04-2003, 19:07

yeah, the gasket is in.. hmm, perhaps i'll take it all apart again and have another look

*sigh*

TopGhia · 07-05-2003, 01:31

What colour is the smoke?

White is water, blue is oil, black is over-rich.

SiX_iN_a_RoW · 07-05-2003, 16:56

How bad was the last gasket blown? its possible it dumped a whole lot of water in the exhaust, which would take a little bit to burn off, happened on my escort, went away after about 20mins

XplodEd EA · 07-07-2003, 04:47

I had shitloads of smoke too when I first started mine after reconditing my head. I put it down to oil getting in the cylinders when re-assembline it.

If the smoke hasnt gone away after a minute or two you have a serious problem.

94EF_Ghia · 07-07-2003, 15:44

i had smoke when i started her up but she cleared right away :)

mad_ea_spac · 07-08-2003, 05:26

same prob in my car last week just put in 20w/50 oil plus wynns stop smoke and it stops