bbchaos

Hey all, new to the forum.
I just bought a 94 Pontiac Firebird for 1 grand, knowing it had engine troubles, but I was hoping to fix it up. It is a 5.7L V8 engine. It starts right up, and idle seems fine. But when I push on the gas, the acceleration is horrible. At one point I was at a red light, I rev up to around 6k rpms, it barely moves, and I see white smoke coming out of the exhaust. It does get going, it is just really slow. I am thinking it has a blown head gasket, but I haven't had a chance to check the oil yet. Are there any other things that could be wrong?

EDIT: other details are 06 inspection sticker, tires seem worn. seller reported initially that it ran and drove great, am i missing something?

y2k_ta

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Worn out spark plugs? If it was a blown head gasket, you should be able to smell oil burning .

The smoke could just be from worn valve seals.

bbchaos

forgot to add that part, i actually did smell oil burning, guess that must be it then? ill be able to actually check the oil soon

3.8SFITURBO

iTrader: (10)

Do a compression test

BadGTho

iTrader: (6)

you mean coolant

alot of oil burning is typically rings in the LT1s

y2k_ta

iTrader: (80)

No, I meant oil.

BadGTho

iTrader: (6)

hmm ok.

ever had a blown headgasket>?

y2k_ta

iTrader: (80)

Umm, yeah I've had a blown head gasket before....