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Old 09-30-2007, 11:07 PM
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When i first start my car up, I get some smoke puffs... when I am just cruising around it seems to be fine. The when I come to a stop a few seconds later the smoke starts to roll out pretty well out of the exhaust. The car is burning about a qt every 200 miles. I have good compression in every hole. just wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I am just hopeing it is in the heads or something like that. A friend of mine said he had this problem and it was a cam lobe that got ate up... I ran a bike the other night up to 140 and he never got infront of me. So the performance is there but this smoke is making me look bad and its kinda anoying.
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Mine smokes as well and am trying to find a cure. What does you setup consist of??
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almost the exact same thing you have.
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What engine, what mods, how many miles, rebuilt?
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If a cam lobe got eaten up, you would see metal in your oil.
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Check pcv valve. It might me sucking oil threw at idle if its bad. That’s when vacuum is at it highest. It’s worth a one minute look to cross it off.
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Valve guides/seals.
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Originally Posted by HEMIETR
Valve guides/seals.
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I bet it smokes right when you goto wot after some normal driving too. pull you plugs and see if the threads are covered in oil



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