Smoke from passenger sidepipe

[lnfletcher]

I don't think it's water. Put 16lbs on the system for 4 1/2 hours with no loss of pressure. I'm kind of at a loss as to what to try/test next! I hate to pull the heads and have them rebuilt if it's something simple.

[Wayne Maybury]

Has the oil level gone down at all? If the coolant system is holding pressure like you indicated, I would think that the smoke is being caused by oil. Put some miles on it and check the oil again.

Wayne

[lnfletcher]

I'm having to wait to put the body on it. It's still in the cart stage!

[sharpe 1]

you may be leaking coolent around the head bolts if they were not sealed properly during assembly. You might try retorqueing the head bolts, that can be a problem on those 5 ltr. engines.