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Old 10-13-2010, 06:45 PM
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Ok This is my problem. i bought a used gsr shortblock from someone and put a built pr3 head on it (which was working perfectly fine before i removed it from another engine). i finish swapping everything over and i start the car and smokes like crazy. The smoke is white and dense, and it also smells sweet. I did remove each individual spark plug to see if i could trace which cylinders were causing the smoke, and it was 1, and 4.


Could it be just a blown headgasket caused by a warped head or could it be something else? Im kinda stumped at this point.
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can be the headgasket
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drain some of your oil, if it looks like chocolate milk then its probably your head gasket.
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maybe you have too much oil. that would make it smoke like a train. and u should always get a new head decked to insure that it will work properly.
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if it smells sweet i would put money on that head gasket. antifreeze smells sweet when it burns.
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