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phat50
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i have been messing with my fuel presure and wanted to know what it means when i have a puff of white smoke come from the exhaust when i floor it in first gear?

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Usually when one blows a head gasket the car will blow white smoke.

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well i just installed some gt-40 heads and my tempeture stays cool and i have no water in the oil and it runs fine,it dosent smoke at all i just get a puff of white smoke when i floor it,and never seen it before until i started messing with my fuel presure,i dont think its a head gasket at all.

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are you sure its white?

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it usually means you're burning oil. did you put new valve seals on when you changed the heads?

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doesnt sound like a headgasket. its probably has something to do with fuel. either unburnt gas or going lean

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