I finally got my car started.

BUT, it smokes a HELLUVA lot.

If someone can teach me how to host videos, I can post a couple.

THere's also a large leak on the carburetor, where the fuel hoses go into it (the two tubes)

Other than that, it's a GREAT vehicle!

 

I really should be more specific.

It's smoking HEAVILY from the exhaust system. The WHOLE exhaust system.

Makes it look like I'm in Ireland or something.

Or a horror movie.

 

How long did you let it run? When I started mine after it sat for a while it smoked real bad. It went away when it finally got warmed up. Then I filled tank and put fuel system cleaner and little bit of MMO in. Started smoking worse, but it apparently fixed it cuz it hardly smokes at all if any now. I think there was just so much crud in there that it had to burn it off.

 

yeah its probably burning off all that gas you had running down your exhaust...glad to hear you got it running though!!

what color is the smoke, and what does it smell like?

 

I left it running for about ten minutes the once. I was afraid the surrounding area may call the fire department.

I've had it running off/on for a couple days now in two to ten minute intervals.

It's mostly white, but also brown in some spots. No blue at least

It smells like dying O_O

 

BTW, it all comes from the exhaust area.

 

White is coolant most likely. Sometimes after a long rest some can seep into the combustion chamber... But if it doesn't evenetually stop smoking it's a bad sign I think.

 

Okay, how long would be a safe amount of time to run it at a time?

 

Good question. Have you double-checked that you have no coolant in your oil? It will settle to the bottom and it should drip out if you crack the plug. Might even be safest to just completely change the oil. If it's not leaking into your oil then I think you could run it for quite some time without much damage. If coolant is in your oil then my understanding is that you can damage your engine extremely quickly (minutes) in this scenario.

I admitedly don't know that much but that would be the approach if it were my car.

 

Well, I changed the oil out, and didn't notice any coolant, so, yeah

 

Ya finally got it started? Congrats!

Fuel is leaking where? From the main inlet, the two pipes? Is it leaking at the hoses or from the inlet assembly? If it's the assembly, you're probably missing a crush washer or the assembly isn't tightened well enough. If it's leaking at the inlets (the two banjo bolts on top of the air horn, you'll need to pul the inlet assembly off and make sure it's seated properly and that you have washers both above and below the inlet fittings. Sorry, this would make more sense with a pic and some circles and lines but the digicam is not handy right now.

 

I myself would have done the circles thing, but, no good PIC available

The assembly is leaking.