3208n/a engines start up smoke

[dru penland]

Just back from Colorado and experienced this problem. Scarred me a bit. Glad I was an early starter or I might of had some very angry neighbors. At 25 degrees when I left, I thought I had really blown something. Started back up in Carlsbad, at 45 degrees, no smoke. Ahh, it was a fantastic first winter trip.

Back in South Texas, but wish I was somewhere else.

bubblerboy64 wrote:

Jon, Mine is all temperature related. I do not have an engine

heater but my bus is stored in a non heated garage which is some
help. If it is below freezing she smokes like you lit a fire under
her for a short period of time. I would say a couple minutes.
Usually by the time the air compressor has come up to pressure so she
can be moved the smoke is pretty will down to just a little bit. If
the weather is forty degrees she'll start with a pretty good puff but
withing a minute or less it smokes very little. Going down the road
the only time I notice much smoke is if you are asking her to pull
hard. Then there is a little bluish smoke. I don't know if this is
helpful or not and I don't know what is normal. I have to add some
oil but I also have a drip which might be most of that. I add a
quart about every 4 or 5 hundred miles.

John Heckman
central Pa
1973 FC 3208 NA
>
> I was just curious to find out what other people here that have the
old
> 3208 210
hp engine about how long does it take to get the exhaust
smoke
> down to an acceptable level. I know if I pre-heat my engine block
and
> start it up it will still have enough smoke to make smokey the bear
> wake up! But after I run it up to speeds for say 15 minutes than
the
> old smokey will just settle in and run just fine. Is there anyone
here
> that has rebuilt there old 210 engines and notice a big difference
in
> their emissions when starting up or it just the nature of the
beast
> with two rings to just smoke till everything gets warmed up?
>
>
> Jon
> Rear Dooor bird! With a plateform!!!!!
>

Dru and Debora
Corpus Christi, TX
1983 FC 35 RB
Steady Gittin' It!