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Old 09-22-2002, 11:28 PM   #2
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I tell you what, dude, that usually means only one thing: coolant is entering the combustion chambers somehow. Pull and read your spark plugs, they'll tell you which cylinder(s) bit the dust. After that, a compression test could be in order, as well as inspecting the condition of the coolant. Possible causes are ususally head gasket failure, cracked heads, cracked block, or I've also seen a leaking EGR spacer gasket (after all, there IS coolant going through that spacer, right?)

Remember, this is if it's WHITE smoke, NOT blue. Good luck.
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