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

[Dave Saad]

Be sure to remove the black plastic covers on the distributor caps. They can cause all sorts of strange behavior. They add no benefit and actually cause the caps to arc and short out.
Next maybe try some seafoam or similar to de-carbon.  If the engine is original, you pretty certainly have worn valves.  It is possible to replace the seals without removing the heads but it is a temporary fix.
You also probably have crap for gas in the tank at this point.

Dave

On Feb 11, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Seamus O'Carey wrote:

> Has about 203k. It was running pretty well when I got it, just a little
> blue smoke on startup if it hadn't been started for a week or so. I drove
> it over an hour to get it home when I first bought it and I don't remember
> it running poorly. It just had almost non-existent brakes.
> 
> Seamus
> 
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Ronald G Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com>wrote:
> 
>> How many miles on the car?
>> Stumbling/smoke just pop up or.... Car was running good b4 hand??
>> 
>> Ron
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Feb 11, 2013, at 11:00 AM, "Seamus O'Carey" <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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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