Car has not been running much the last two years i just bought it last month. i put new plugs in last night it started right up. idle is a little high and it smokes white real bad on and off any help would be great. Oh and i have the holley carb from Racing Beat. If some one could tell me where the mixture screw is if you think that might be the prob thanks a bunch.

 

if it smokes your motor is probably shot.... street port it
rebuild it

you will be happy with it then

 

but the car runs good?

 

White smoke? Water. What does it smell like? If it is waterit is either your intake O- rings, for carbed or your housing seal. If it is the housing seal do a search for Paul Yaw's fix. It worked with mine.

 

White smole stinky hard to tell the smell sorta like a two stroke.

 

It probably started smoking at a young age. Patches and gum wont help, shoot it.

 

anyone elses? Rebuild or order a rebuilt? where? oh I have an 81 if it matters. thanks sorry for thr noob Qs.

 

I am going to assume that U are carbed, therefore if it is water it does not mean re-build. If it is the intake o-rings then it isn't a hard job. As for the bubble gum......hey the **** works!

 

Take it out and run her up to the redline a few times, then see if she still smokes. After sitting for a long time, some of the seals can get stuck. A good hard running should loosen her up a bit. I'm assuming at this point that the problem is not water leakage, you said it was whitish in color, but smelled like a two cycle engine, so sounds like oil or over-rich.

Might be worth a shot...

 

Oil is bluish though. Sounds like when my friend blew a head gasket on his Accord?

 

Or you know... Just let the car run for a while...

My 7 had been sitting for probably a year and a half (judging when last smog ran up) and all it took was 5 minutes of running for the smoke to clear up.

Change the oil/fuel/air filter(s) and see if anything gets better.

 

Thanks guys i can't really take it for a drive because it is all over the garage, in the prosses of restoring. but i will try all that , thanks abunch i am new to the rotary thing, VW guy for the last 10 years, Any and all help is great.!!!! thanks!!