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[84YotaWarrior]

Hello.  I'm a retired old guy tinkering with my 84 longbed 5 spd 2wd street truck . Just did my first head gasket replacement and am looking forward to desmogging my ride and installing a Weber 32/36 and header exhaust system.  But right now I have to get the truck running with all the smog junk on it.  It's been sitting for about 5 months since the head gasket blew so the gas is not fresh.  I'll be draining it and putting fresh gas in soon.  The problem I'm having is when starting it with carb cleaner and work the throttle to keep it running, the exhaust comes out clean until about one or two minutes have passed.  Then white clouds of smoke come out and I shut her down.

I'm waiting delivery on a timing light to adjust the timing.

I found out the hard way that 1984 was a year of transition and I have the earlier engine like the 1983.  Bought a complete head assy for it and discovered it was different than the one on the truck.  Could not locate the earlier version of head assy so I had .007 milled off the old head and put it back on with new head gasket until I can afford another new or rebuilt.

I bought a complete gasket engine gasket set and the only gasket I haven't replaced yet is the one for the bottom of the intake manifold.  I now have a coolant leak coming from underneath the intake manifold so I have to disassemble the stock carb from the manifold and pul the manifold out and replace the gasket underneath.

My question is this:  Does any oil circulate through the intake manifold to get to the head like the coolant does?  If so, I'm thinking there might be a leak that takes that minute or two after startup to pool up enough to spill into the intake port causing the white smoke.  Does this make any sense or should I be looking elsewhere for the problem?

The truck has 185k miles on it.  The cylinder walls still looked like new when I replaced the head gasket.  I'm in the desert and blowing dirt and grit got into the works while waiting for parts, etc.  If grit got into the ring channels and and are compromising the seal, would it take a minute or two for the oil to start burning with billows of white smoke?  Again, it runs clean exhaust for a minute or two before abruptly shifting to white clouds of smoke at startup each and every time.

Thought maybe the head gasket might be compromised again so tightened the new bolts to 80 ft lbs to see it it helped.  No improvement.

Anyone out there who can shed some light on the matter?

Thanks!

PS:  Put fresh oil in the crankcase but the drained oil was a thick emulsion and it's residue remains.  Haven't been able to run it yet enough to evaperate the moisture out so the oil is still cloudy.

[toe]

 
No oil in manifold.
The leak from the intake manifold is probably the smoke.
When the cooling system starts pressurizing, it's forcing water into the intake manifold.
Remove the cap and see if it smokes.