May be a leaking injector Ramon Celaya Syncro 86 Westy 84 Carat 90 Kinesis Conceptos Audiovisuales (686) 551-9292 On Mar 30, 2007, at 10:14 AM, Gregor Brandt wrote: > '86 Westy > > I got into my van after it has 'sorta' been sitting for 3.5 months. I > say > sorta because it has been started for extremely short periods of time > by > the body shop it was in, just to move it around the shop. > > As the engine was warming and I was running at speed, plumes of white > smoke came from the exhaust, especially when downshifting. > > My first thought was coolant leak into a cylinder, but the smoke > minimized > (but did not go away completely) as the engine warmed up to operating > temperature. After cool down the coolant level in the expansion tank > had > not moved appreciably. > > The van was stored with very little gas in it and I had just filled it > up....could it be water in the gas or do I reallyy have a headgasket > leak? > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > Gregor > |
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