If you did as you should and used anti-sieze compound (eg copper grease) then this will smoke quite enthusiastically for the first 10 minutes or so The manifold-to-crossover gaskets should not be paper. Martin motarhedd@xxxxxxx wrote: >Both sides now smoke, lots of smoke, like they are burning something, it doesnt smell like exhaust or grease. >i wonder if i should have put some permatex on either of the gaskets? or are the manifolds burning the greasy residue off of them? > >thanks, >Russell Nicoulin >Vin#1790 > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/