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Re: [T3] white billows


<x-charset iso-8859-1>RyanL=> Could it be a valve adjustment or perhaps
=> my carbs out of  adjustment?

White (actually bluish) smoke is generally oil rather than fuel, and steady
white smoke from the tailpipe usually indicates oil entering the cylinders
from worn rings or (most likely) valve guides. (Be sure that it's coming
from the pipe -- oily crud on the exhaust will burn off for a long time and
can look similar.) You'll need to run the valves and sync the carbs anyway;
after you run the tune-up procedures and put some miles you'll be better
able to determine whether it's getting to be rebuild time.

Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
'66 KG1600



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