I just replaced a valve spring and push rob. it's a 350 motor with hydrolic cam and lifters, 40 over,4 bolt main, with 750 double pumper holley carb, victor jr. edelbrock manifold. 10-1/2 to 1 compression. I am stumped why just the left side?
2006-11-04 12:11:03 · 10 answers · asked by bigbakes18 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If it's white, it's water vapor and should be coming from both pipes. I have a funny feeling that what you are seeing is light grey. Light grey is oil being burned in the combustion chamber. Since it's just one pipe, that cuts your chore in half.
First thing is pull the plugs on the offending side and check them for evidence of oil burning. If you find one dirty plug then do a compression check on the bugger with the dirty plug.
If everything checks out, then pop off the valve cover. Check the valve umbrellas. See if one is missing or torn. The only other possibility that I can think of is a bad valve guide that only acts up when the engine is warm and it expands to operating temp and lets oil pass by.
A little thing like the stuff I mentioned won't be a problem now. But it will get worse. It's not affecting the power since it's not gone really bad yet. Fix it now, or regret it later. (Or you could just sell the gas hog!)
2006-11-04 12:33:43 · answer #1 · answered by rifleman01@verizon.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pull the spark plugs out, and diagnose, what they look like, one of them should look really clean, maybe a little discolored from the other three on that side. It sounds like you may have a small head gasket leak. Anti freeze will give you the white steam coming from the exhaust. You can also do a compression check, but it may be minor enough, that it will not show up yet. check the cooling system, and see if there seems to be extra pressure building up in the hoses, and such. Good Luck!
2006-11-04 12:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by Speedbuggy43 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
white smoke is generally indicative of burning oil.
it could be anything from a bad valve seal to a misaligned or broken oil ring.
unless it gets worse, i'd just keep an eye on the oil level.
2006-11-04 12:18:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-28 19:04:18 · answer #4 · answered by klosterman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check for water in the left cylinder bank.... do a compression test... could be a blown head, cracked block or head
2006-11-04 12:17:53 · answer #5 · answered by RES 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my husband says it needs new head gaskets or it may be a cracked head-if it has a cracked head , antifreeze will leak into the pistons.
2006-11-04 12:34:12 · answer #6 · answered by luvbunny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause something is wrong on the left side of the engine check it out properly
2006-11-04 12:13:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
white smoke is steam, water in that head. gasket, crack, ect.
2006-11-04 12:29:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably there is a problem with some of your piston rings.
2006-11-04 12:17:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i could be water evaperating from the gas.
2006-11-04 12:19:01 · answer #10 · answered by doug and ann 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋