smoking after new head gasket

[chetgoff]

hey guys quick question the other day I was smoking from one cylinder and i pulled plug it was steamed cleaned. I put new head gasket on and i'm smoking from both cylinders now like I was before. it is kinda white smoke but doesn't smell the same. Do these quads smoke cause there a 2 stroke? I see smoe drag bikes smoke alot. also could running to rich cause the smoke?

[Larry's Shee]

Might either have warped head or you installed head gasket wrong , they are merked for which side is up .Make sure head and cyls are clean .

[dajogejr]

White smoke is not good...that's water/coolant.

 

Blue smoke is ok, that's the premix in the fuel burning.

You see drag bikes smoking considerably more because the majority of them run on methanol.

You have to run twice as much methanol as you do gas, and a lot of guys run more oil in methanol.

 

As said...if you warped the head and/or cylinders...a gasket alone will not fix that.

You'll have to check for flatness on a surface plate.

 

Several ways to check...I like the old fine grit sand paper and a surface plate however. You'd be amazed how uneven a gasket surface can be after using one.

 

Antifreeze/coolant has a sweet smell to it and your plugs will look clean.

Antifreeze/coolant will also "wash" the oil off the walls.

 

I'd suggest you figure out which it is quickly before more/any damage occurs.

[papa_smurf49319]

Might either have warped head or you installed head gasket wrong , they are merked for which side is up .Make sure head and cyls are clean .

 

Sometimes there marked which side is up. Did you check to see if your head was warped, how about the deck surface? Yes two strokes do smoke, but the smoke your describing may not be smoke from the premix, hows it smell "sweet" ?

 

 

Cody