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 Car starts! smoke from exhauast manifold though?
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1fast6
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Joined: 10 Jul 2005
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:03 am

Re-arranged the ignition sequence and she fired up first time.

Only problem is that smoke starting coming out of the exhaust maniford.
The botls are torqued up to the correct setting but the smoke still comes out.

Is this a problem or is it the exhaust maniford gasket melting?

Thanks for the help. Smile
Chris H
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:14 am

probably just oil burning off I assume you sprayed wd-40 on the thing before undoing the nuts and maybe put oil/grease on the studs afterwards?

btw which order was correct? Mine or the others on cliosports?
1fast6
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:13 am

yours of course mate!

Which way round does the gasket go on?
Chris H
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:15 am

the gasket goes with the metal side to the exhaust manifold, the gasket cardy side to the head face.
1fast6
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:47 am

hmmm thats the way i have it already. I left the engine running for about 20mins and the smoke didn't stop though which is a little worrying... Confused
Chris H
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:48 am

is it exhaust smoke or just the oil etc burning off?
1fast6
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:29 am

i'm not sure what type of smoke it is to be honest. It just looks dodgy.
Will take a vid of it when i get home.

Should this be happening after running the engine for 20mins?
Roger Red Hat
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:00 am

mine didnt stop for ages, was just the grease burning off

take it for a drive, pop the bonnet and it would pour out.

about 20 miles of driving later, it stoped.
Neal
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:01 am

Roger Red Hat wrote:
about 20 miles of driving later, it stoped.


The smoke, or the engine? Razz
schakal
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:04 am

Laughing
Roger Red Hat
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:10 am

rofl neal.

the smoke!

unlike your chammy!
Neal
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:13 am

Alas, it is true. Sad
Ian P
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:03 am

you should be able to tell what it is, oil burning off smells bad, and as roger said it will take ages to get rid of
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