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McGalliard McGalliard is offline
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Join Date: Feb 2023
Location: Long Island, NY
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Originally Posted by mikedsilva View Post
The machine shop found that the valve guides were SO worn, that the valves had so much movement in them, that the seats were concave. Pretty sure this was the source of my white smoke. New guides, new valves and new seats.

AfWhen the muffler got hot, it made the oil smoke... I changed to a known good muffler and the engine never blew smoke. So in the end, I tried to flush out the old muffler, and then I just ran it and ran it till all the oil was burned out of it!
Neither of these prospects sound particularly appealing. But I'll take option 2 over 1 if I have a choice.
Old 03-10-2025, 03:43 PM
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