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as most of you know. i started to have problems with the luv so i took it off the road and bought a new car.well when i started to have problems when my radiator hose blew. after 2 weeks of adding antifreeze i finally bought a new hose. i changed the hose and went ahead and took off all my smog and plugged all the holes. well i was running it and the exhaust smoke turned into a light gray/white color. been smoking like that for 4 months now. it smokes so bad i couldn't even get it home. it;s still sitting in my work parking lot. anybody have any anwers would help alot. smog

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

you might have a cracked head or blown gasket if you let the truck get hot from the blown radiator hose....

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Does the smoke have a sweet smell to it? If so, that's antifreeze. When it ran, it should have felt that a cyl was weak or missing. Were you getting crazy temp readings? all of these signs point to a head gasket problem(hopefully only the gasket) As for the emissions, That wouldn't have anything to do with it if everything is sealed off. It wont hold a good idle if it's not sealed up. Do a compression check. that will tell you if you have to pull the head or not.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
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Sounds like the ever popular head gasket!! When mine when out, I looked like James Bond going down the road!!

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head gasket

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

bgc187... Is that a guess or did you pull the head and found out?

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

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that's the thing thats weird. the luv ran great. my temp gauge hasn't worked since the rebuild. the smell just smell like a car. you know that moisty smell your exhaust smells when its damp and cold out.thats what i'm getting. the head gasket was the first thing i thought of when it started to smoke.i'm not driving her now so i putting her into the garage to drop one of the trooper turbos and put the lift back on it. i'm not touchin that damn engine again. i just did a new h. gasket about 4 months ago.

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio