New motor fires! Major concerns though...
New motor fires! Major concerns though... Put my new motor and tranny in this past week. FIred up on the first try. One thing really concerns me though. I am getting a large amoung of white smoke from the intake manifold. After I shut it down, and open the tb blade, there is a white cloud inside. Is that normal?
While running no smoke comes out of the valve cover breathers. Its more of a whispy smoke that hovers at the top of the intake manifold
Im starting to think that its actually smoke being sucked in from the engine bay (headers smoking like crazy)
I did put about a teaspoon of oil in each cylinder before firing...
While running no smoke comes out of the valve cover breathers. Its more of a whispy smoke that hovers at the top of the intake manifold
Im starting to think that its actually smoke being sucked in from the engine bay (headers smoking like crazy)
I did put about a teaspoon of oil in each cylinder before firing...
Last edited by xssive; Mar 18, 2006 at 06:50 PM.
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Don't know what the details of the motor are but I think you're over-analyzing (not unexpected after this kind of job). Let it run and break in, keep an eye on the normal signs - smoke from the tailpipe, oil or coolant contamination, noises etc. If it all looks and sound s good it probably is. The only parallel I can draw is that cabuerated engines did that all the time when you shut them off. I wouldn't worry about it if all else looks and sounds good.
