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Anonymous Posted on Jun 04, 2013

Change spark plugs now smoke

After I changed my spark plugs now smoke is coming from from where the spark plugs are...? It's white smoke and its a burning smell not sweet..

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I can't see the smoke you're talking about - but I suspect it is oil burning off. Did you see / apply any oil to either the threads of the block or plugs or drip or spill something on the exhaust manifold / pipe? Did you torque the spark plugs in properly? A loose plug can result in poor compression and ignition and allow some exhaust gasses / smoke to escape. The engine sounds to be running well, so I suspect that the small amount of oil burning will be burnt off completely very shortly.

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SOURCE: Heater blowing nasty skunk smell. Eventually smokes white smoke out of vents. 95' ford escort if it helps

With or without the motor running? See if there is a difference.

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