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posted by  unitee on  Wed May 20 08:36 CST 2009
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White smoke billowing out at road speed.

Help, please 1990 740 GLE b234f engine 220k. Initially when the engine failed the side of the radiator was blown off and a head gasket leak was found. We replaced the radiator and road tested it. White smoke which we believed to be from a head gasket leak billowed out( I guess antifreeze) Decided to rebuild the head completely, replaced radiator, timing belt,all new gaskets from the head gasket up. Started the engine and it runs smoothly at idle but I still get
billowing white clouds of smoke on the road test. Compression was excellent and even 151 psi ea. Do I have a cracked block? I've got $600 in parts into a $600 book value car even though the paint,tires and interior are still very nice.

Anyone have any advise or should I junk it for parts?

Thanks
Steve united1201@yahoo.com






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