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i have a 87 ford f150 4x4 i have converted to carb engine.... the problem i have is that it is steaming out of the driver side exhaust but only slightly.... i dont have a cracked head nor do i have a blown head gasket.... im not loseing coolant and i tested the coolant and there is not exhaust gases mixed in..... someone told me that i may have it too lean on the left bank any answers on what the cause is i am very thankful
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i just finished it about a month ago..... ive driven it about 20 miles since the convert... i adjusted the lean/rich adjustment screws it runs great except at first start up because i have a holley on it but once at operating temp it runs like a singer..... since it aint leaking water or burnning it off as you will it just conserns me ive never had any vehicle do this.... do you think i have it too lean on that bank???
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it only does this at opperating temp.... it is very disconserning.... and on another note it origanlly had a 300 i6 and i replaced it with a 88 mercury grand marquis engine.... it is a 302.... and i was wondering also if the dash tach is accurate for the 302 since it came with a 300....and it also has a np435 bw1345 tranfer case
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There is some sort of jumper or something behind the tach that you will have to install or cut to make the tach read correctly for a 8 cylinder. You might do a search, I can't remember the details, but it is possible to make it read correctly.
I believe you need to put some miles on this thing. I don't think you have driven it enough to figure if you have a problem or not, and where it's coming from. If it's leaking water in a cylinder, it will probably start fouling that plug out. But you need to drive it to find out.
I believe you need to put some miles on this thing. I don't think you have driven it enough to figure if you have a problem or not, and where it's coming from. If it's leaking water in a cylinder, it will probably start fouling that plug out. But you need to drive it to find out.
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You have to ground the "8" pin (or bolt as it were) on the back of the tach to get it to read the RPM correctly for a V-8.
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thanks for the info..... im kinda worried to drive it if its something major..... but what gets me is that it runs smooth not a miss at all but i will drive it some more and go from there
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