• Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!

  • Microsoft MSN, Live, Hotmail, Outlook email users may not be receiving emails. We are working to resolve this issue. Please add support@steelsoldiers.com to your trusted contacts.

 

M880 5.2 smoke coming out of air breather inlet

Shug

New member
26
0
1
Location
Berrien springs michigan
Hey guys. So the 318’s in our trucks have a plastic tooth timing gear in them. If you are having trouble with a little smoke coming back out the carb and low power. This is not the most favorable place to start but... they do wear and can jump out of time one or two teeth. They will still run but low on power on can let some smoke back out the carb as the valves are no longer closed at the proper degree. Hopefully This is not your problem. But it’s definitely something to think about if you can’t find any other probable cause.
 

Tracer

Well-known member
Steel Soldiers Supporter
6,352
13,386
113
Location
Hawthorne, NV.
dodjh. This happened to my neighbors 318 in his Dodge Dart. It started running poor, and he suspected the timing chain gave way, so when he drained the oil plastic debris from the timing sprockets came out. You might give an oil change a try and see if you don't find some timing chain and sprocket debris in the oil.
 
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website like our supporting vendors. Their ads help keep Steel Soldiers going. Please consider disabling your ad blockers for the site. Thanks!

I've Disabled AdBlock
No Thanks