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I'm starting to get white smoke out tail pipe???

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Old 10-10-2011, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by XJx3
I should add that in rare cases a cracked head will do the same thing. Usually the gasket goes before the head cracks.
The head on my '92 4.0 cracked in 2 places in the #5 valve pocket before the head gasket went.

White smoke out the tailpipe. And I had JUST had the exhaust manifold replaced.
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Originally Posted by Firestorm500
The head on my '92 4.0 cracked in 2 places in the #5 valve pocket before the head gasket went.

White smoke out the tailpipe. And I had JUST had the exhaust manifold replaced.
I took my my head to be magnafluxed last year after a couple over heats and the machinist said he stopped at six cracks and the head gasket never blew on me. lol
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