<VV> EM Monza PG Idle Problem (humor?)

[Dave Thompson]

Corvair Coolant?!? That's air. I burn a lot of Corvair coolant all the time.
Air -Fuel mixture. Sorry, I couldn't resist
Dave Thompson

-----Original Message-----
From: Ray Rodriguez III [mailto:grymm at echoes.net] 
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:36 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> EM Monza PG Idle Problem (humor?)

White smoke!!!  White smoke out the exhaust means you've got coolant making 
its way into the cumbustion chamber,  my understanding is that corvair 
engine "coolant" winds up in the cumbustion chambers pretty 
frequently.......

One of the few things daddy taught me that I remember-  White smoke = water,

Black smoke = excess fuel,  Blue smoke = oil.







>so when it proved to be a very
> hard start with lots of excess white smoke out of the tailpipe, I was
> concerned.

> Jeff Aronson
> Vinalhaven, ME
> www.landroverwriter.com
>
> '66 Corvair Monza Coupe 110/4
> '66 Land Rover Series II-A 88"
> '80 Triumph TR-7 Spider