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Subject:Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
From:John Rodgers
Date:Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:51:40 -0500

Well, just Hecky-Darn!!! I thought I got all of-em!! :-(

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Jake de Villiers wrote:
> Well, John left out 'White smoke coming from the Vatican chimney - new Pope
> selected'  =)
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Jim Cochran <mxsailor@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> There it is, Volks. The three commandments.
>> Jim C
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>> On Sep 29, 2008, at 4:01 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
>>
>>  The thread on white clouds prompted this for the record.
>>
>>> Black Smoke - overly rich fuel mixture - fuel control problem. Check
>>> fuel and induction components.
>>>
>>> White Smoke - usually coolant related - gotta leak somewhere into the
>>> Exhaust system - Could be head gaskets, cracked heads.
>>>
>>> Blue or Blue-white Smoke -  Usually an oil problem - rings, bad valve
>>> guides, scored cylinder wall. A compression check is in order on this
>>> one. Often the tailpipe pipe will be oily.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> John Rodgers
>>> 88 GL Driver
>>>
>>>
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> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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