its an 81 air-cooled but i agree that I may have lost compression.

ds

At 04:37 PM 5/3/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Dylan,
>
>White smoke indicates that somehow coolant is getting into the combustion
>chamber.  I'd get a compression check done.  Might have a blown head gasket.
>
>Good luck,
>Marc Perdue
>
>Dylan Spurgin wrote:
>
> > LIstees,
> >
> > On the way home from camping about 4 hours away last weekend my 81 lost
> > power considerably.  I believe she is getting spark and fuel because she
> > will idle real roughly but will die if I remove any of the 4 plug
> > wires.  The exhaust has a white color to it.  I don't have a compression
> > tester but I'm thinking it might be a stuck valve or something similar.
> >
> > My problem is I've never done any valve work so I would appreciate any
> > thoughts on my situation and any pointers or suggestions anyone might have.
> >
> > I did buy one new fuel injector and replaced all of the old ones one at a
> > time with the new one.  It ran about the same each time.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > dylan