1992 Nissan 240SX

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1992 NISSAN 240SX

Engine Performance problem
1992 Nissan 240SX 4 cyl Manual

my engine is shaking, and I have smoke coming out of my muffler. Whats wrong?

Saturday, December 27th, 2008 AT 4:35 AM

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MHPAUTOS

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Hi there,

This engine shaking may be a bad miss fire, can you tell me the colour of the smoke? That will give me a better idea as to what is going on.

Mark (mhpautos)

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Saturday, December 27th, 2008 AT 5:48 AM

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Its white smoke and it smells like gasoline, I changed the spark plugs, wires, distributor cap, and roter, and it still shakes and blows out smoke.

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Saturday, December 27th, 2008 AT 8:10 AM

MHPAUTOS

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Hi there,

With the white smoke I would be checking for a head gasket problem, do a comp test first, check the plugs for a dirty brown colour on the ceramic insulator (water stain) and get a head check done, do this next.

Mark (mhpautos)

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Saturday, December 27th, 2008 AT 5:03 PM