Engine In And Car Smoking...

[91TurboTalonFWD]

got the engine in and let it run for a little bit and drove it down the block came back... car started to smoke and when you get like abouve 2500 rpms it starts to smoke smells like antifreeze any ideas?

 

[bling5tatus]

compression test.

 

[91TurboTalonFWD]

This guy that helped me put it in said the one closest to timing was bad... dont have a number cus we didnt test it but the plug keeps coming out wet... and im not sure maybe it got wet when he spilled oil and antifreeze over my cover...

 

[bling5tatus]

man, that's probably a head gasket then. Time to pull 'er apart.

 

[91TurboTalonFWD]

damn just what i wanted too... im out of money and my dads about to kill me... the engine ran fine when we put it in and when we opened it up a lil bit after maybe 30 minutes it started to smoke...

 

[bling5tatus]

well do a compression test to confirm this... it's the only REALLY good way of knowing.

 

[absolute_DSM]

How did you torque the head? What head gasket, what head studs?

 

[91TurboTalonFWD]

the head came with the engine... it was just a direct swap in... tomorow i will do a compression test sometimes it does it sometiems it doesnt do it and none of my vacum lines are plugged in so could this effect it?

 

[91TurboTalonFWD]

anyone?

 

[csgsx23]

Why arn't any of your vacum lines plugged in?