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I was coming home the other day with my wife and about 15 miles from home the car started running very poorly and would barely go over 45mph. So I stopped in at the next gas station and checked it out. My overflow bottle was leaking and the whole engine was smoking.
Hoping for the best, a friend of mine (a mechanic) and I changed the thermostat and installed new plugs after the old ones had been subjected to lots of heat. Sure enough, the car fired right up and ran great...except now it is belching out white smoke like theres no tomorrow. One postive note is that it runs smoothly and there is no water in the oil.
This is my daily-driver/winter car and I don't want to spend a lot of cash so I'm not looking for "Hey time to swap in a CA18DE!" responses. What I am thinking though is if the head must be off in the first place, I could swap in a "Eurocam" just for a few extra hp. What else should I replace while the head is off? I'm thinking that all I need is a "head gasket set" that includes all the necessities and maybe the cam.
Hoping for the best, a friend of mine (a mechanic) and I changed the thermostat and installed new plugs after the old ones had been subjected to lots of heat. Sure enough, the car fired right up and ran great...except now it is belching out white smoke like theres no tomorrow. One postive note is that it runs smoothly and there is no water in the oil.
This is my daily-driver/winter car and I don't want to spend a lot of cash so I'm not looking for "Hey time to swap in a CA18DE!" responses. What I am thinking though is if the head must be off in the first place, I could swap in a "Eurocam" just for a few extra hp. What else should I replace while the head is off? I'm thinking that all I need is a "head gasket set" that includes all the necessities and maybe the cam.