If this isn't it - the moisture is probably entering an exhaust port since apparently there is no miss-fire at startup. Taking off the exhaust manifolds and pressurizing the cooling system should tell you which one is leaking. There is an abundance of heads floating around. Harold McElraft - 3354 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Daryl Scott <daryl_scott32@...> wrote: > > Pull the oil dipstick and look at it. Is it milky? If so, could be gas and/or water. Water would lead towards the cracked head. Most likely, you have a ton of gas in the engine from cranking it an flooding via the cold start injector. Change the oil and filter and see if that clears it up. > > Steven Clark <javelin1973401@...> wrote: Hello everyone, here is a little background and a > multi-part question. > We bought our Delorean earlier this year, non-running, > and have been getting it ready to start, freshing up > the cooling system, fuel system, ignition system, > fixing broken wires, and so forth (I had the gas tank > cleaning question last month). There is some evidence > that it had gotten hot, rear fascia has some heat > damage, as well as heat damage on some wires by the > exhaust. We finally started it this past weekend, and > it runs great, except for one issue. > When we first start the cold engine everything is just > fine. As it starts heading up it starts belching > white smoke, quite a bit of it. I think what's > happening is that there is a crack in one or both > heads, as the car heats up the head expands and the > crack opens up, water gets into the combustion > chamber, voila, white smoke. Does that sound > reasonable? Could it be something else I hadn't > though of? Maybe a compression test would help > verify, but maybe not since the crack is small when > the engine is cold? > I have a good place to work, tools, the job doesn't > look horrible, and I'm pretty good in the garage so > I'm comfortable doing this job myself. Any tricks or > advice? Can you get aluminum heads repaired easily > and reliable or should I look for replacements? Can I > get heads off an Eagle Premier or other prv equipped > car (I think there is one in a local pull-a-part)? If > not where can I get Delorean heads? > Thank you in advance for your help. > Steven Clark > 3316 > > __________________________________________________________ > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/