1999 WS 3.8L white smoke
legacymech
04-23-2007, 10:32 PM
White smoke started pouring out of my tail pipe. I replaced my intake manifold gasket (felpro 3mm). It ran great for about 45 minutes. Then it died. Towed it home and started it up again. It ran for about 7-10 seconds and then died again. It keeps on doing this. I checked everything I disconnected, and it seems I did not forget anything. I do not believe I overtorqued the intake manifold bolts. I checked the fuses under the hood nest to the battery and the are all good. I do not know where to go next since I'm not very experienced at diagnosing. :uhoh:
12Ounce
04-24-2007, 06:24 AM
Is the PCV valve good?
legacymech
04-24-2007, 08:06 AM
Installed new PCV valve. I did not mention this before, but when I press the accelerator, the engine dies.
legacymech
05-05-2007, 04:13 PM
One of those freak things. The replcement of the IMGs got rid of my white smoke issue, but apparently the fuel pump went bad the next day. Then I replaced the fuel pump and it has been running fine ever since. Wierd, but I guess having two things fail like that happens every now and then.
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