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gas/smoke from head

Old May 5, 2007 | 08:54 PM
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okay so...friggen wierd i know... there is a good amount of gas or some kindof smoke coming from my head breather filter... what the hell is this happening for? and how do i stop it? ... get a catch can/ oil/air seperator? ... it always has done it a litttttlee bit but for some reason it is doing it a lot right now.
Old May 6, 2007 | 05:35 PM
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might be the piston rings... i had smoke and light oil coming out of my breather and then out the tail pipe... hope thats not whats wrong with yours.. have someone run a compression test on the motor.. my motor went bad from not having a dual feed rail and running lean on 3 and 4
Old May 6, 2007 | 06:02 PM
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Valve cover gasket is a possibility.
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