floortom Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Hey floortom here... i lost a head gasket and replaced it. after starting...got this huge plume of smoke. checked plugs, ect, started to dougt my work... tourque wrench...ect then i took off the y pipe to see which side was smokin...after start.. no smoke from motor...reconnect the pipe and it was like a tire fire. ran it in 3rd for 10. mi. @30 mph.down a rual road and it cleared out.. any imput? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qman Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Yep, left-overs in the exhaust. Happened to me the first one i did. The longer it ran the better it got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I too have had this happen. Probably due to the orientation of the exhaust - everything wants to flow toward the lowest point with a Subaru engine. I try to stick rags in the y-pipe before I pull the heads or just remove the pipe completely - helps stop fluids (and sockets, tools, etc ) running in there as you dissasemble. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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