I noticed today while sitting in my house waiting for my car to warm up, the smoke coming out of the passenger side tail pipe but not the drivers side one. This is also where my miss comes from and yes its a decent miss. Upon checking the oil it smells with a hint of gas in it. I guess I am getting blow by. THis means warn piston rings. I do have the orig. 4.3 with 88K miles on it now. Isnt this sorta weird though for it to wear out so quickly. Ill be buying a 350 here soon anyway so its no biggy. I should probably have a compression test too though im assuming?
greyish/blue/white smoke
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Sounds like a possible blown head gasket. I would open the radiator and run the car. Look for bubbles. If they are present it usually means a blown head gasket. I am not talking about foam, that is normal. This will be noticeably different if you are used to looking at radiators with the cap off.
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Good luck man.
Is the coolant level down at all and if your burning coolant it's a very distinctive sweet odor that's very noticeable. As far as blow by and your rings there may be alot of varnish built up so might want to drop a quart of transmission fluid in the crankcase and run the car for about 15 minutes and then do an oil change..
I would just go buy a compression gauge for like $10 and do a test yourself if my initial check does not turn anything up. Most of these basic diagnostics can be done at home with tools that are cheaper than the price of paying someone else to do it for you.
good idea 85......and when checking the compression if you find one cylinder lower than what it should be put a bit of oil down the cylinder and check the compression again, if the oil raises the compression then it's the rings that are your problem, if it remains the same or raises it just a couple of pounds then it's the valves....
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