Leaking Oil
pedant
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Find the vacuum line coming up from the transmission.
Look inside to see if it appears wet.
ATF can leave a huge smoke cloud, but we have no way of knowing how big the leak is (or even if there is one)
It's just something to check in the course of your diagnosing your problem.
Look inside to see if it appears wet.
ATF can leave a huge smoke cloud, but we have no way of knowing how big the leak is (or even if there is one)
It's just something to check in the course of your diagnosing your problem.
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I will check it and I take that back about not being the same piece as the throttle. It is the entire throttle linkage that is sticking, and when I was out there moving it, it did nit seem to be sticking to bad by hand. Should I spray it with a dry lubricant?
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Before messing with the new carb. I would unhook outside influences, i.e. the kick down and throttle cable, leaving a spring and seeing if it still does it.
If it does, check to see if it is the high idle cam that is holding it open ... It could be an electric choke adjustment issue.
EDIT: ArdWrknTrk beat me ... I'm a slow typer!
Unhook just the modulator vacuum line, it is the only one coming from the transmission.
It should be the only other possible source of oil.
Personally, I suspect it's not the modulator.
I'm pretty sure the oil source in the manifold was from the PCV system.
Clean the PCV and hose or replace them.
-Enjoy
fh : )_~
If it does, check to see if it is the high idle cam that is holding it open ... It could be an electric choke adjustment issue.
EDIT: ArdWrknTrk beat me ... I'm a slow typer!
Unhook just the modulator vacuum line, it is the only one coming from the transmission.
It should be the only other possible source of oil.
Personally, I suspect it's not the modulator.
I'm pretty sure the oil source in the manifold was from the PCV system.
Clean the PCV and hose or replace them.
-Enjoy
fh : )_~
pedant
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I have been wrong before, and WILL be wrong again.
What is unique to that plane of the manifold?.
Methanoholic
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But the pictures show a clear sign that the PCV was introducing grimy oil.
Looking at the pictures shows it on one throttle plate and not the other!
As well as the trace of oil from the PCV port.
I really do suspect the PCV hose was puddled full of grimy oil, when it started it sucked it in ... It would of sucked it to the highest vacuum side at that moment.
And, Yup, I have been wrong many many times and will hopefully be wrong many more times before they stuff an apple in my mouth and toss my **** in the furnace!
Being wrong is perfect proof you are human!
-Enjoy
fh : )_~
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harris,
While the motor is off, take a flash light, open the throttle wide open and look at the bottom of the intake and see if you still have oil in there ...
Of course assuming you cleaned it, I suspect you did!
-Enjoy
fh : )_~
While the motor is off, take a flash light, open the throttle wide open and look at the bottom of the intake and see if you still have oil in there ...
Of course assuming you cleaned it, I suspect you did!
-Enjoy
fh : )_~
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I will do that. I wonder since my distributor vacuum was hooked up to the carb on the passenger side of the engine and the drivers side vacuum port was plugged if that caused the grime to go to that side?
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You can check to see if the the Vacuum advanced is blown by disconnecting the line at the carb. and sucking on the hose, then put you tongue over the end and ensuring it holds vacuum.
Unless you have a vacuum pump ... Then use it versus your mouth!
If you want to watch it operate, pull the distributor cap first, so you can see it operate in the distributor.
-Enjoy
fh : )_~
Unless you have a vacuum pump ... Then use it versus your mouth!
If you want to watch it operate, pull the distributor cap first, so you can see it operate in the distributor.
-Enjoy
fh : )_~
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I looked down the carb with a light. Though it is a very small hole to look through, I could see part of the manifold and it looked wet, but more like gas than oil. It definitely was not grime, at least where I could see.
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When I was installing distributor I checked the vacuum by sucking on it (oddly sweet tasting) and it did hold, but where the hose attaches to the carb may not be tight enough (and it pulls slightly from the side) and it could leak. I will see if I can find a clamp small enough for that.
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I ran it for a while (10-15 minutes straight) and it is now equally smoking out of each exhaust. I do not know if that is good or bad, but that is what is happening. I wonder if it has something to do with the PCV being disconnected or not. You can see the smoke coming out, but it is not cloud thick just cold day thick.
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The Gunk In the base of your carb
Hharris8 I know its none of my business and you have plenty of friends to come up with answers for you. But I got to thinking with your motor being different then the original one and that gunk in the base of your carb. Could the module be ruptured on the transmission allowing the carb to draw up trans fluid from the transmission causing that burnt gunk in the base of your carb and also it would make a white smoke instead of a blue one as in oil smoke. One way to find out for sure is to disconnect the line from the transmission and check for transmission fluid in the line by the carb showing a rupture in the shift module. Or blow smoke down the line to see if the modual it ruptered.Oh wait you can't do that would let you know rite away though.? is it white smoke or blue smoke coming out the exaust.
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Sorry, I'm out of it, We think the grand babies drug a bug in the house this weekend ... Just what I needed!
hharris,
Please post a video of the smoke at the tail pipe(s) so everyone can get a look see for better judgement.
Do you know if this motor smoked before?
-Enjoy
fh : )_~
hharris,
Please post a video of the smoke at the tail pipe(s) so everyone can get a look see for better judgement.
Do you know if this motor smoked before?
-Enjoy
fh : )_~