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Old 03-26-2012, 05:16 PM
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my camaro smokes all the time cant figure out why it smokes so much i think maybe the carb is pumping to much gas in engine?
 
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Old 03-31-2012, 09:08 AM
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What color smoke? Does the smoke smell sweet?
 
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Old 03-31-2012, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by jimm417
my camaro smokes all the time cant figure out why it smokes so much i think maybe the carb is pumping to much gas in engine?
Oh you would smell fumes. Either coolant or oil. Need more details. Where is it Comming from? Valve cover, exhaust or both. out of the carb?. What color is it. How's the car performance? Runs rough, shakes, hesitates, mis firing, etc.
 
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Old 03-31-2012, 02:46 PM
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Without knowing the color of the smoke or where it is coming from it is just a guessing game. However; if the engine is smoking heavily and still running good, you can probably eliminate a rich fuel mixture. An engine creating as much smoke as you describe from a rich mixture would foul the plugs and run poorly.

Black smoke = rich mixture, misfire, or both.
Blue smoke = oil burner, or oil leaking on hot exhaust and burning off.
Blue smoke under acceleration = bad rings
Blue smoke while coasting = bad valve seals, worn valve guides or valve stems
White smoke = coolant getting into combustion chamber, probably due to bad head gasket, cracked head or block, bad intake manifold gasket, etc..
 
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:49 PM
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Mine smokes white when you first turn it on and when I step on it hard. . I doing the valve seals in a two weeks or so
 
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Old 04-03-2012, 08:20 PM
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Valve seals are not your problem.
 
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Old 04-15-2012, 10:30 AM
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well its a light white smoke and it comes form the exhaust and it smells like the gas isnt burning completely just smells like gasoline
 
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Old 04-15-2012, 10:33 AM
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and the car is still pretty fast and it does run kinda funny hard to explain i think it runs this way because the computer isnt hooked up and there is no sensors hooked up and o2 sensor is broken off
 
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Old 04-15-2012, 12:45 PM
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also the top radiator hose leaks and one of the gaskets r leaking oil
 
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Old 06-04-2012, 10:40 AM
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Were you thinking rings pete?
 


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