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Dark smoke
Ok ive been hanging out in the background for the last 6 months or so been busy here at work usual things. Im getting a knee replaced end of October so i figured i better use my 93 some before i put her away. She ran good about 20 miles or so. On the trip home i got on her some not to hard and she did fine..until about 4 miles from home. Started running very rough like missing 1 or 2 cylinders? Got her home parked under the car port and about 5 mins went by and out of the left exhaust dark gray smoke. Smelled like un burned gas very strong smell. Smoke lasted for at least 5 minutes. So could it be as simple as a plug wire off? Any ideas out there? Dave
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I don't know if this works or not. If you have a clamp-on timing light, clamp it on each of the plug wires. I'm assuming if a plug isn't firing, you could pick up on it this way.
To check the wires themselves, here's something I've done before. Took a piece of solid strand electrical ground wire and made a J shaped bend in it. I put it in one end of a jumper cable and connected the other end to a good ground. Hooked it around each plug wire one at a time and took it down the length of the wire watching and listening for any arcing to it.
May not be your ultimate problem, but worth a test.
To check the wires themselves, here's something I've done before. Took a piece of solid strand electrical ground wire and made a J shaped bend in it. I put it in one end of a jumper cable and connected the other end to a good ground. Hooked it around each plug wire one at a time and took it down the length of the wire watching and listening for any arcing to it.
May not be your ultimate problem, but worth a test.
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Checked all wires tried to start her and..god awful noise from I think top of motor ( valve?) Would that have caused this?
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