1990 300ZX smokes like crazy n/a

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purecountry
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Car: 1990 300zx

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Well i just bought this car and it only has 112k miles on it. Car sat for 5 years and the injectors tested bad, so i ordered the newer style injectors and a z1 motorsports adapter kit. Car runs and drives great, no power lose but smokes like crazy. The coolant tank isnt pressurizing, its not loosing coolent, i am going crazy here. Anyone ever have this problem?


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z32pilot62
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1977 280z (Sold)
1991 Civic Dx (Beater)

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Sometimes people connect the windshield washer hose to a vacuum port on accident so it burns all the washer fluid out and then quits smoking. Other than that do a compression and leakdown test to see the condition of the motor.

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300ZXttZMAN
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Welcome to NICO!!!

(moved to the Z32 tech section)

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Oh Em Zee
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'90 Nissan Z32 2+2
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z32pilot62 wrote:Sometimes people connect the windshield washer hose to a vacuum port on accident so it burns all the washer fluid out and then quits smoking. Other than that do a compression and leakdown test to see the condition of the motor.
:rotfl
Oh man, that's a good one.
Coolant overflow reservoir doesn't pressurize.
Squeeze the top coolant pipe to the radiator when the car is hot to see if the cooling system is pressurizing.
Inspect the cam covers under the plenum with a flashlight and compact mirrors for oil leaking from them.

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t.mcginley.jr
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1990 Nissan 300ZX NA 2+0
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What color is the smoke?

mrmoose
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pcv...


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