white smoke?
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white smoke?
The FE446 smokes occasionally on startup, when hot. It's just a quick puff, then it's gone.
It may have started after I poured some oil in the VC while it was running. Was that a bad idea? I can't understand how that would be bad....but, that's what I usually get for thinking!
It could also be the last remnants of that rocket fuel from the track. But, it appears to happen only on the passenger side exhaust.
It may have started after I poured some oil in the VC while it was running. Was that a bad idea? I can't understand how that would be bad....but, that's what I usually get for thinking!
It could also be the last remnants of that rocket fuel from the track. But, it appears to happen only on the passenger side exhaust.
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A general rule is : blue smoke =oil; black smoke=fuel(running rich or flooded); white smoke=coolant or water vapor.
There is nothing you could have hurt by pouring the oil in the valve cover with the engine running.
There is nothing you could have hurt by pouring the oil in the valve cover with the engine running.
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I has overflowed a couple of times recently. But, I don't have an overflow tank and the fan has occasionally not come on when it should. I'm usually watching the gauge and get things shut down.
Flex-a-lite is sending me a new controller for the fan.
I'm not sure I ever re-torqued the head bolts after the reassembly last year......might be an issue. I just hate pulling those rocker shafts. I know it will start tapping if I do that.
I probably need to pull the intake and re-seal it anyway. I'm pretty sure it's leaking oil out the back....
Man, it never ends with these things.....
Flex-a-lite is sending me a new controller for the fan.
I'm not sure I ever re-torqued the head bolts after the reassembly last year......might be an issue. I just hate pulling those rocker shafts. I know it will start tapping if I do that.
I probably need to pull the intake and re-seal it anyway. I'm pretty sure it's leaking oil out the back....
Man, it never ends with these things.....
