its an 81 air-cooled but i agree that I may have lost compression. ds At 04:37 PM 5/3/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Dylan, > >White smoke indicates that somehow coolant is getting into the combustion >chamber. I'd get a compression check done. Might have a blown head gasket. > >Good luck, >Marc Perdue > >Dylan Spurgin wrote: > > > LIstees, > > > > On the way home from camping about 4 hours away last weekend my 81 lost > > power considerably. I believe she is getting spark and fuel because she > > will idle real roughly but will die if I remove any of the 4 plug > > wires. The exhaust has a white color to it. I don't have a compression > > tester but I'm thinking it might be a stuck valve or something similar. > > > > My problem is I've never done any valve work so I would appreciate any > > thoughts on my situation and any pointers or suggestions anyone might have. > > > > I did buy one new fuel injector and replaced all of the old ones one at a > > time with the new one. It ran about the same each time. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > dylan |
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