3208n/a engines start up smoke

[Dorn Hetzel]

Mine smokes like crazy when cold as well, but it dies down pretty quickly and I don't worry about it.

Dorn Hetzel
77FC35
Hogansville, GA

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:18 PM, bubblerboy64 <"jehdds@hotmail.com"> 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!!!!!

>