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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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what cam?
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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you'd be blowing a lot of smoke out the pipes and should be thing white/blueish color if it has a blown head gasket. what's your oil pressure at?
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what cam?

228/232
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you'd be blowing a lot of smoke out the pipes and should be thing white/blueish color if it has a blown head gasket. what's your oil pressure at?

yea not blueish smoke.. there was no leak it was fine..... Oil pressure normal at idle above 40, crusie little above 60
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yea not blueish smoke.. there was no leak it was fine..... Oil pressure normal at idle above 40, crusie little above 60
oil prssure sounds normal to me.. by 'not blueish smoke', do you mean you are blowing smoke.. or none in general?
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Originally Posted by FU_I_AM_UltraZ
oil prssure sounds normal to me.. by 'not blueish smoke', do you mean you are blowing smoke.. or none in general?

no smoke, well i lied it is smoking b/c it has been bewteen -9* - 3 outside lol.. i think that it is fine
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 07:30 AM
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I'm sure you car is just fine bro, now post some vids and the graph for that cam!
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