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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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White smoke is usually coolant in the combustion chamber (it's steam). Can't see how that happened unless you cracked a head or blew a gasket due to x-fire.

I've heard of wire sets coming with an extra coil/distributor cable ... one with a 90 degree bend and one straight.
 

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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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The white smoke may be from the brake cleaner. If your wires are crossed you should get something along the lines of back-firing, misfiring, rough idle, etc.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:10 PM
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So i got the wiring right THANKS to you guys but now my trucks smoking allot still white smoke very white is this norm after putting in new plugs???? i took it for a 5 min rip and she is still smoking allot
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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Of course it's not normal after puting in new plugs ... watch your coolant level.

Is it smoke or steam? Hold your hand in front of the pipe and see if you get a lot of water on it.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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K im gonna go hold my hand there in 1 sec but I took it for a nother rip and its still smoking and it smeels a bit too im getting abit scared i know a pice of ceramic has madeits way into one of my cilenders and allso prob some dirt from me taking ou the original spark plugs
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:51 PM
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so i went and ran it for a bit its deff smoke lots of it its about 32 here so the exhaust is quite warm but there is no water drop forming on my hand but its deff getting some condensation on my hand Do u guys think it could be possible since i just took out the factory plugs/wires that my engine is getting a huge kick in the head since my plugs are all firing and working well ???
I got the bosch platinum's
 

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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:56 PM
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Get a compression tester and see if you holed a piston top.

There isn't anything that should be blowing WHITE smoke long term ... maybe really light blue ... as in oil.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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she still runs great tho, do u think i could have holed a piston ??? it did make some nasty noises when I messed up the wires
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 09:07 PM
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How were they messed up? Wrong firing order? Displaced one number on the cap (so they were all out by one cylinder)?

Wrong firing order can cause some serious damage if the plug is firing early in the compression stroke. It's like hammering on the piston top (literally).

Hey ... I thought we weren't supposed to run Bosch Platinum in these things.

Keep an eye on the coolant level, check for bubbles in the radiator, look for a chocolate milkshake in the crankcase. There's only four things that can get into the combustion chamber ... Gas, Air (Good), Oil, Coolant (Bad).
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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No i had most of em right, Just 1 on each side was switched because I got confused
 
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