BIG PROBLEM OR SMALL ONE. Ok people Im having a big problem,I think. This is what happened. I got a engine swaped in my car and picked it up yesterday. When I picked it up I noticed it was very under powered and had a slight knock. It was also stalling out alot when I stoped. So first thin I did was take it to a friends house who's dad knows about cars. He adjusted the carb and it seemed to work better. I also must add the the carb was smoking. So today the car was working better. UNTIL i was on the freeway doing about 65-70 keeping with the flow of traffic. and when i looked in the rear view mirror i noticed it was smoking alot. So I slowed down and got off at the first exit i got to. When i was getting off the car was knocking really bad and would only do about 20mph. SO I was heading home very slowly. I was nealy home when it stalled. So I open the hood and noticed it was smoking like it over heated so i walked home a good some water to add to it. Then i added it in. So then i took the car to the store parking lot a block away. there it shut off When I restarted it it went BOOM!!! and at the same time it smoked alot . Since i have my heater core removed it was getting all into the inside. So I got out and opened the hood. There was to much smoke to tell where it was coming from but it looked like some was comming from the carb and the tail pipe(more out the driver side), I also notice the VALVE GASKET on the pass. side had blown and was had started to come out on near the firewall. What do you think went wrong??
Who did the engine swap? Could be a number of things. Was it full of water/oil before you took it out? Could be a blown head gasket etc? Royden
What type of car/motor is it? I'd bet the timing is way off, and your radiator exploded. Sounds like you were hosed gooduzzled:
I was done at an auto shop. Yes it had oil/water. in fact when I added the water i check the oil and it looked fine. I hope its not a head gasket. Money is really tight.
You no what 436 thats a good question. Its a 1965 SKylark GS with a 401. If it was a timing problem would the shop who put the engine in be responsible. because they did adjust it
At any rate, if it was running like a Yugo when you picked it up, you should have raised some hell, and made them do it right. It should run perfect. Do you know the history of this motor? Was it a re-build, used and known good? TO say it was smoking out the the left bank is kinda vague. What color was it? did you have a set of guages on it? where they reading normal? Any idiot lights come on? do you know if the carb is any good? a nice lean condition will heat things up quick, along with retarded timing. Joe
you know i should have but i first thought it was bad gas. I no the engine was re built but i dont no how long ago. It was a white smoke. not dark at all. i dont have ne guages and no lights came on. The carb was working well. until i had this shop put it on the new engine. I think they freaked up something.
White smoke = coolant in the cylinders or tranny fluid burning.... I am betting on a head gasketo No:
SAME HERE LUCKY FOR ME I GOT A GASKET SET. STILL GOT THE HEADS AND THE VALVES IN IT. I WONDER HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE TO CHANGE THE TRANNY SEEMS TO BE FINE. NO SLIPPING. A LIL LOW ON FLUID.
I need to clarify that - the transmission fluid may be finding a way to get into the combustion chamber via a bad vacuum modulator, therefore sucking fluid through the vacum lines into the intake manifold...
Do yourself a favor, and pull the dipstick out, and take a look at the oil. If it looks like a milkshake, you have coolant in the oil, probably from a head gasket. Do not drive the car until you figure this out. You can do serious damage to a motor if you drive it in an overheated condition especially with coolant/oil contamination. This is exactly why I say no Buick, or any other performance car should be without a good set of gauges to monitor oil pressure and coolant temperature. Those gauges can save you tons of money by warning you of a problem before it becomes critical.
From what I have seen. It could either be a cracked head ($) and time or a blown head gasket ($) and time. One way to find which cylinder would be to pull the spark plugs out of the whole motor while keeping them in order. Look to see if one or more are discolored (like white instead of brown) . go to the cylinder that has the discoloring first and bring that piston upto Top Dead Center (TDC), take off the radiator cap, and took up a air compressor hose with a compression tester hose (take out the shredder valve) and blown in no more than 100 pounds. and look to see if you are getting bubbles out the radiator. It would depend on what Larry said. I would take it back to who ever did the motor swap, if possible and let or have them fix it.
I'm sorry to read about your problem, sounds like you got ripped off, they should fix it for free! good luck, chip
