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:

> There it is, Volks. The three commandments.
> Jim C
>
>
> 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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