No more smoke
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No more smoke
A few months ago I posted here about a problem I was having with my newly rebuilt 390. My problem was that it was blowing clouds of smoke. It was very inconsistant about it too,it would do it now then, and then I would see non of it for days. Well right after I posted, I bought and installed a pertronix igniter. I set the timing at 10 derees btdc with the vacuum line plugged and have seen no smoke since, can anyone explaine why. Thanks
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sounds like incomplete burn... light blue smoke is 9 out of 10 times fuel- too rich or it was loading up... good hot spark coupled with accurate timing sounds like it took care of any issues.. if you were running points before that explains it all- they're not near as 'hot' of an ignition system. average stock points output is about half that of a electronic system...
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From: Gadsden Purchase
Originally Posted by Beemer Nut
" light blue smoke is 9 out of 10 times fuel- too rich"
When did they change blue smoke burning oil and black smoke fuel overly rich?
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When did they change blue smoke burning oil and black smoke fuel overly rich?
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Originally Posted by Beemer Nut
When did they change blue smoke burning oil and black smoke fuel overly rich?
Maybe not "incredibly" - maybe "moderately".
I do know, there's a point where you're washing the oil off the cylinder walls (been there, done that) and it'll burn blue.
The bad thing is, the rings will go bye-bye real fast...
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