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Evo 8 smoking after kelford 272 Cam install, PLEASE HELP

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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 04:13 PM
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I just installed cams on a friends evo 8 and the rockers can fall off fairly easy double check and if anything if you say you did everything right you might be burning off the gasket maker.
i made sure all the rockers are on, nothing is burning off the engine, just out of the exhaust
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 04:45 PM
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Drive until the engine is completely warm. Shutdown for 30 minutes and then start the engine. If the exhaust puffs a big cloud at start that then goes pretty much away, it is valve seals.
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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no rockers are off, i checked... the smoke is coming out of the exhaust only... nothing from the engine
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 05:34 PM
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Drive until the engine is completely warm. Shutdown for 30 minutes and then start the engine. If the exhaust puffs a big cloud at start that then goes pretty much away, it is valve seals.
No matter how long you run it it smokes especially at idle, thats when it seems to smoke the most
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 07:00 PM
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Is oil disappearing?
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Jossue
I just installed cams on a friends evo 8 and the rockers can fall off fairly easy double check and if anything if you say you did everything right you might be burning off the gasket maker.
the rockers are all on the smoke is just out the exhaust and there is no engine noise
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 08:07 AM
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Is oil disappearing?
im not loosing any oil
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 05:10 PM
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Exclamation NEED HELP, Car smoke after kelford 272 cam install!!!

So i installed a set of kelford 272 cams, set the timing right on all the marks, all the rockers are on, everything is torqued down properly, and the car ever seems to run fine. Now, it smokes basically all the time with a blueish tint but smells like un burnt fuel.... also my vacuum is down to 4-9 hg.... I removed basically everything to recheck.. no vacuuum line are off andf the smoke is coming out of the exhaust only... No leaks that i can find anywhere,.... I NEED INPUT? HELP IMMEDIATELY
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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Help!!! Car smoking after cam install!!

So i installed a set of kelford 272 cams, set the timing right on all the marks, all the rockers are on, everything is torqued down properly, and the car ever seems to run fine. Now, it smokes basically all the time with a blueish tint but smells like un burnt fuel.... also my vacuum is down to 4-9 hg.... I removed basically everything to recheck.. no vacuuum line are off andf the smoke is coming out of the exhaust only... No leaks that i can find anywhere,.... I NEED INPUT? HELP IMMEDIATELY
ANOTHER THING IS IF I TAKE ANY VACUUM LINE OFF OF THE TB THE IDLE DOESN'T CHANGE... BUT I CANNOT FIND ANY LEAKS OR LINES OFF

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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 05:40 PM
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Did you get tuned?
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 05:45 PM
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Did you get tuned?
not yet, it is supposed to get tuned very soon but it smokes pretty bad at idle even... i see all these videos of startups right after the cam install and none of them smoke
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 05:49 PM
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Did you change your valve springs? Possible a bad valve seal.
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 05:56 PM
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nothing was changed other than the cams themselves
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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My guess would be valve seals. Especially exhaust since they take the most beating with heat and all. Also your kelfords have more lift so where the seal was stopping before is not the same.
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 06:45 PM
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Look man I don't mean to be a d**k but I saw the videos you posted about this issue and you getting on the car like you showed probably didn't help the issue I would stop driving it like you stole it and park it, and wait till it gets tuned.
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