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06-19-2010
installed modified 1.9s started the car and it was lightly ticking. Took it fir a drive and the ticked got worse till it pretty much stopped. But car was running bad. Thought a rocker came loose. There is white smoke from the car. Tightened all the rockers down and stared it again. No ticking but still white smoke. Any ideas or help?
06-19-2010
white smoke where?
06-19-2010
sorry. From the exhaust
06-19-2010
did you replace the valve seals? Also check for vac leaks.
06-19-2010
you meam valve cover gaskets? I did those I'm about to check for vaccuume leaks. I am only seeing ten pounds vacuum compared to 20
06-19-2010
also getting a flashing cel light...
06-19-2010
i have the front valve cover off... will that cause a vaccumme leak? prob a newb question i know. sorry
06-19-2010
what code was the cel?
06-19-2010
it was flashing... means bad missfires
06-19-2010
Check your plug wires... you may have one that is grounding or not on all the way
06-19-2010
they were all going to the right spark plugs and were all the way on the coil packs. what would cause the white smoke? would misfires caused that?
06-19-2010
White smoke is coolant, do a compression test and or leakdown. Probably have a headgasket letting go or a cracked headOriginally Posted by BoostedComp
06-20-2010
there is no coolsnt in the oil. and would that happen from just switchng rocker arms
06-20-2010
Did you take the lower intake manifold off too when you did the rockers? If so...you probably dumped a bunch of coolant into the motor...is your ICM plugged back in all the way too?
06-20-2010
WHITE smoke? Could you possibly be mistakeing normal water vapor that exits from the tail pipe while engine is running (under certain condition)? Other than that, there is really nothing that would make white smoke just from changing the rockers, unless by chance you just blew a headgasket.
06-20-2010
Did you somehow get a valve to come in contact with a piston? Either that or drop something in the engine somehow?
06-21-2010
hey guys sorry for no update. it ended up being a bad rocker bolt... explination: did the front and back rockers with reusable rocker bolts. torqued down to 23ft lbs. took it for a test drive... and it sounded like a rocker tapping. the bolt wouldnt torque down the rocker to specs and keep it there so it was basically like i had a rocker off... vaccume leak, misfires, burning oil, ect all explained. got another bolt. all torqued down and runs perfect. thanks for all the help tho guys.
06-21-2010
interesting
06-22-2010
Did you not use Q-tips to suck up all the oil for the rocker bolt? Also I'd use a digital torque wrench over the clicky kind. Sometimes they don't click and you snap bolts off where you don't want to.
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