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New Head Gaskets and heads redone, Still smoking...

Old Sep 2, 2011 | 01:01 AM
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Unhappy New Head Gaskets and heads redone, Still smoking...

Had heads reworked and milled. Put back on the car with all the right specs. Started car and within 5 minutes was blowing white smoke. Dont get it. New head gaskets, reworked heads... It runs smooth, just smoking.
Any ideas?
Old Sep 2, 2011 | 01:07 AM
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Re: New Head Gaskets and heads redone, Still smoking...

Sorry this doesn't answer your question but make sure you get your coolant flushed out and replaced (Dex-cool). You might get some oil in your coolant after any headwork so pull out your coolant dipstick and check it out.
Old Sep 2, 2011 | 01:59 AM
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Re: New Head Gaskets and heads redone, Still smoking...

try running some seafoam through it if that don't work check your piston rings...
Old Sep 2, 2011 | 06:44 AM
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Re: New Head Gaskets and heads redone, Still smoking...

Depending on how bad the original condition was, there may be some coolant still in the exhaust system that needs to be burned out.
Old Sep 2, 2011 | 01:50 PM
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Re: New Head Gaskets and heads redone, Still smoking...

Have you done a compression and leakdown test on the engine(pointing to the rings like the gentleman above)? How long did you run the engine after the smoke started?

How many miles on the bottom end and has it had a rebuild?
Old Sep 2, 2011 | 03:27 PM
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Re: New Head Gaskets and heads redone, Still smoking...

Originally Posted by shoebox
Depending on how bad the original condition was, there may be some coolant still in the exhaust system that needs to be burned out.
This would be my initial thought as well.
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