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Old Yesterday | 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by manicmechanic007
Coolant will turn them white
What motor is it?
You want them to be grey /brown and the 2 end ones look better than the 2 center ones depending on miles
Those center ones look like lack of fuel
It appears to have a carb balance problem or a carburetor base gasket leak.
 
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see post #10 for diagnosis
 
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Burned valves are usually on the exhaust and your problem is obviously on the intake tract side. Carb is not a possibility.
 
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I was hoping and praying that there was an option that allowed for avoiding the lifting of that crazy heavy cast iron stock manifold..
Great excuse to use this as an opportunity to swap in an aluminum manifold.
 
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