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smoke at start-up, hard to start ? ? ?

Old Feb 23, 2002 | 08:01 PM
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smoke at start-up, hard to start ? ? ?

I figure they are both related, probally something wrong with the ignition system. Where should I start?

MSD GM Coil? RapidFire Plugs? AC Cap? AC Rotor?
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Old Feb 23, 2002 | 08:13 PM
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What color smoke? If the car is fuel injected it could be a leaking injector. My car would puff out white smoke and be hard to start.
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Old Feb 23, 2002 | 08:34 PM
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the color is gray and there is a smell of gas, so i am assuming that its not getting burned all the way.

I had to replace the wires with MAG PLUS 7mm wires and this helped out a lot, but not completly. My old wire fell a part when i went to check my plugs
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Old Feb 23, 2002 | 10:12 PM
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Has your car sat up for awhile?? Mine sat for three years and it turns out that there was something wrong with my valve guides...but after driving it a few 1000 miles all the smoking stopped. Could also be bad plugs??
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Old Feb 23, 2002 | 10:16 PM
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dialy driver, put 3700 miles on it in the last six months, going to replace the pluge with AC DELCO RapidFires on monday or tuesday.
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