<VV> Carb issues

[Norman C. Witte]

Chuck, please see below for my resposnses.

	What color is the cloud?

I would say it is toward the white side.  Does this mean we have a new
pope??  ggggg

>Sometimes oil looks like fuel smoke and
>vice versa.  Do the carb switch and try what Mike S says.  I think you have
>a carb problem with a very rich idle circuit or transition circuit which
>means some thing is either wrong or something you did...

I am voting for something I did since this problem did not exist until I
monkeyed with the carbs.  One other thing I did not mention is that I
sometimes smell fuel on startup even though I see no leaks in the engine
compartment.


>However, incomplete combustion can make odd ball things happen like a valve
>is open or burned bad enough that that cylinder fires but most of the fuel
>goes out the pipe.


>A little oil smoke is rings or valve guide seals.  A lot of smoke can be
>oil-very high oil level, really bad guides, really bad rings.


I sure hope I don't have a head problem since Larry Shapiro rebuilt them
about 6.000 miles ago and as far as I can tell did a great job.

>Lot of fuel smoke is usually blacker and if really billowy is white.

This is my guess.

Thanks Chuck.

Norm