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Old Apr 27, 2003 | 11:26 PM
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Car: 1991 Camaro z28
Engine: 350 Tpi
Transmission: 700r4 Auto
What is wrong with my engine?!?!

My engine is acting really wierd. When i start it up right off the bat the RPMS climb to 2,500 at idle. You would think after the choke kicks in or whatever, that the RPMs would drop to a more reasonable number but it stays at 2,500 RPMs constantly. It will idle like that for a while, then all of a sudden the RPMs will drop like crazy and my car will ALMOST die but not quite. When it drops in RPMs, smoke starts pouring out of my exhaust, and sometimes the smoke is black and sometimes the smoke is white. Not only that, but right when i start my car up, there seems to be a combonation of water/oil spurting out of the exhaust. The idle is really erratic, it will vary from 600 RPM to 2,500 RPM in a matter of seconds. It just started doing this last night as i was sitting in a parking lot talking to my friend. All of a sudden my car just died, so i started it up and it started doing this. I could barely get my car home. I'm sorry this was so long and not really in depth, but if u could plz tell me what the heck is wrong with my engine i would appreciate it!

Thanks guys,

Eric
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Old Apr 28, 2003 | 12:03 AM
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tough call. Kinda sounds like a head gasket, especially with the smoke deal. Either that or a cracked head/block. Who knows I'd have to look it over, but it's kinda hard being in Schaumburg.

Chris
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