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Jul 24, 2008 | 02:08 PM

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smoking after h/c install

i think i have read on here where other people have had smoking issues after cam swaps. what causes it? my car is tuned and it still bellows out smoke. there is no sign of coolant in the oil. car just smokes when its cold. doenst make sense to me. just wondering if anyone ever found out the cure.

Jul 24, 2008 | 02:11 PM

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here is a vid. the first one is a cold start. 2nd is warmed up.

Jul 24, 2008 | 02:21 PM

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Mine did the same thing after i did my head swap but went away on its own. What cam you got in there?? Sounds F@$#kn mean!!!!

Jul 24, 2008 | 02:23 PM

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Mine did the same thing after i did my head swap but went away on its own. What cam you got in there?? Sounds F@$#kn mean!!!!

its a custom cam from patrick g 233/239 .614/.607 111+2

Jul 24, 2008 | 03:08 PM

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After my cam, mine was fine but eventually smoked like crazy. I installed a catch can which caught some oil. I ran through my valve train. Turns out half my valve seals werent seated and one was completely destroyed and I had a few broken springs.

Im gonna bet your valve seals aren't seated properly.

Jul 24, 2008 | 03:20 PM

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here is a vid. the first one is a cold start. 2nd is warmed up.

First off the cold start idle is off, Is it tuned? It dosent look like oil smoke,but fuel. I seen untuned cam only cars do that. But if your losing oil ie burning it more than befor the heads and cam install then I would check to see if the installer put thread sealer on the rocker arm bolts. If not then oil could seep through the bolts right on top of your valve.