i jsut got done with my header install and there was quite a bit of oil on the back of my engine do to a blown valve cover gasket, but anyway i started it up and the passenger side started smoking really bad and then when it warmed up the drivers side smoked a little. it smells like paint not oil so how long does it take to burn off the paint? also it was blowing white smoke out the back like crazy even after i let it run for about 5-10 minutes. its deffinately cold but the car is in a heated garage. is this normal or do i have a problem? also the carb probably need to be adjusted if that matters. i would just go out and drive it for 30 minutes or so but i need to wait till the snow lifts before it get it out. thanks

 

the smoke from under the hood is normal.
it took miine about ten mins for the smoke to clear.
but even the next day there was alittle exaust/paint smell comeing into the ca, and I had to drive with the windows down alittle.
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maybe white smoke...leak somewhere in your exaust?
how is the car running?
SES light or anything?
biker
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i dont think there is a leak anywhere unless its coming from the passenger side collector where it connects to the y pipe but i went through and tightend it down really good. car seems to be running fine, i cant drive it till the snow lifts though. it might be leaking from where the cat connects to the y pipe, the clamp i used it a little big for it.

 

i also forgot to add that when you shut the car off it keeps blowing a little white smoke out the back. and i used a new set of drop in manifold gaskets i had instead of the crappy flowtech header gaskets. the gaskets i used had the same size ports as the flowtechs but they were more rectangular than round, will this make any difference?

 

hmm it might, I know on the heddmans the tubes are round while stock manifolds are square..........round peg, square hole
I went the $$$ way and got mr gasket copper gaskets for the headers and collectors.
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