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 engine smoking?
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dimma16v
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Joined: 08 Nov 2005
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:01 am

need help the problem is i'm getting alot of smoke from the car when i start it and it's coming out of the rocker cover breather pipe or the oil cap when i take it off so i thought it was the headgasket had gone cause the coolant changed colour as well so i got a headgasket kit and changed it all and when i started it agian it was still smoking really badly what can cause this ?

it was running fine on my way home then it felt like it was runnign on 3 cylinders but it went away then came back so i got home and parked up and the car started smoking from the bonnet so i pop the bonnet open and the smoke was coming from the breather pipe.

please help need to get car fixed before it starts to snow or gets to cold to anything. Sad
schakal
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:04 am

WHAT CAR IS IT ?
Chris H
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:10 am

did you check the head for cracks?

You done a compresion test?

Did you waggle the pistons when the head was off?
huwwatkins
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:36 am

White smoke?
dimma16v
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:58 pm

huwwatkins wrote:
White smoke?


yep white smoke
dimma16v
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:58 pm

schakal wrote:
WHAT CAR IS IT ?


Clio 1.8 16V
dimma16v
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:06 pm

Chris H wrote:
did you check the head for cracks?

cleaned the head could'nt or did'nt see any cracks Rolling Eyes

Chris H wrote:
You done a compresion test?

got a compresion tester but never used it it was to smokey Sad

Chris H wrote:
Did you waggle the pistons when the head was off?

no just cleaned some of the carbon off them Confused
huwwatkins
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:09 am

Cracked head.
dimma16v
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:35 pm

huwwatkins wrote:
Cracked head.


i've got a spare head from infinicars a while back which i was going to get it gas flowed and ported so i'll fit that on and see if it still does the same thing Confused
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