[V8] Looks like this car will likely be parted.

[Seamus O'Carey]

Yeah, I'll do some tests first. I guess I'm just getting discouraged. 2
years and, other than getting it home, I've driven this car 1 time. It
doesn't help that my '84 4kq with the rebuilt head just started blowing
blue smoke.

What was causing it to run so rich and how did you fix it?

Seamus

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:03 AM, urq <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:

> ... think I'd check plugs and do a compression check first.  I got #2 from
> someone who poured a lot of money into it because it was blowing "white
> smoke" ... I found that in my case the smoke was due to the engine running
> extremely rich.
>
> Steve Buchholz
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Seamus O'Carey
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 5:35 PM
> Subject: [V8] Looks like this car will likely be parted.
>
> I think I finally solved the brake problems, but today the motor started
> blowing white smoke and it stumbles upon acceleration. Once it's moving it
> seems to go ok, but from a dead stop it feels like crap. Seems like a blown
> head gasket to me.
>
> Seamus
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