91 ex smoking after head change
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91 ex smoking after head change
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my ex burnt a valve at 227k so i replaced it with a 131k head and new gasket of course....now after a very few miles the engine smokes like a tire smudge at a boy scout campout. Any idea why this is happening other than the obvious difference in miles .........something i may have done wrong so perhaps i wont need to change the engine ?
Thanx for any advice
phylo
my ex burnt a valve at 227k so i replaced it with a 131k head and new gasket of course....now after a very few miles the engine smokes like a tire smudge at a boy scout campout. Any idea why this is happening other than the obvious difference in miles .........something i may have done wrong so perhaps i wont need to change the engine ?
Thanx for any advice
phylo
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RE: 91 ex smoking after head change
did you put the head in yourself? also was that remanufactured head or used?
I vote for head gasket - wether bad or put in incorrectly.
although thats my best choice, I would think valve seals could cause smoke also -
but this is like opening the can of worms -
I don't really know what kind of advice you're seeking but I would start with head gasket.
I see a lot of screwed up jobs - some people just don't care while fixing cars
....think of it as a surgeons who forget tools inside of the patients - **** happens...
I vote for head gasket - wether bad or put in incorrectly.
although thats my best choice, I would think valve seals could cause smoke also -
but this is like opening the can of worms -
I don't really know what kind of advice you're seeking but I would start with head gasket.
I see a lot of screwed up jobs - some people just don't care while fixing cars
....think of it as a surgeons who forget tools inside of the patients - **** happens...
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