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> Holy Smoking' 914!, Help!
Dck356
post Jun 23 2017, 08:38 PM
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Good evening gents. I've been lurking in the background while working on my 74 2.0L. Purchased the car almost a year ago from a member here who had it sitting as a project for about 12 years. So far I've done the following:

- removed gas tank and had it cleaned/sealed
- replaced all fuel lines with the SS kit from Tangerine
- replaced fuel pump and fuel filter
- pulled distributor; had a bad pertronix unit
- added points, condenser, rotor, cap, plug wires
- popped the distributor back in and set static timing

So this afternoon, after 12 years of not running, it fired right up. Exciting right? Not so much... the exhaust began producing a ridiculous amount of blue/white smoke - lucky the fire department didn't show. Seriously hoping that this is a timing problem and not a worn out engine. Tomorrow I'll check the dwell, put the timing light on it at 27 degrees... and say a little prayer to the Porsche gods.

Any thoughts or words of advice? Thanks in advance!!
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Dck356   Holy Smoking' 914!   Jun 23 2017, 08:38 PM
mepstein   Leak down test?   Jun 23 2017, 08:40 PM
rgalla9146   Stuck rings, oil in cylinders, oil on top of heat ...   Jun 23 2017, 09:05 PM
jkb944t   Stuck rings, oil in cylinders, oil on top of heat...   Jun 23 2017, 09:36 PM
Perry Kiehl   Either it will get better or it will get worse the...   Jun 23 2017, 09:22 PM
Dave_Darling   Smoke out the tailpipe, or off the outside of the ...   Jun 23 2017, 10:09 PM
Dck356   Thanks guys! I hope it clears out. Dave - th...   Jun 23 2017, 10:21 PM
Spoke   I recently bought a 2056cc engine of unknown build...   Jun 23 2017, 10:31 PM
Jon H.   Perhaps the previous owner put oil in the cylinder...   Jun 24 2017, 05:12 AM
Dck356   Success!!! Thank you all for the inpu...   Jun 24 2017, 09:37 AM
Dck356   Not out of the woods just yet. Got the dwell to 4...   Jun 24 2017, 01:00 PM
Spoke   So you have DJET FI? If so, a vacuum leak will loo...   Jun 24 2017, 01:14 PM
Dck356   So you have DJET FI? If so, a vacuum leak will lo...   Jun 24 2017, 01:22 PM
Rand   Your timing is either WAY dangerously advanced now...   Jun 24 2017, 01:26 PM
Dck356   Your timing is either WAY dangerously advanced no...   Jun 25 2017, 12:30 PM
rgalla9146   Vacuum leaks, sticky distributor, incorrect timing...   Jun 25 2017, 01:31 PM
Dck356   So, thought it potentially could be the distributo...   Jun 25 2017, 08:06 PM
Vacca Rabite   What kind of timing light do you have? If you can ...   Jun 25 2017, 09:05 PM


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