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ChevLoRay · 11-14-2010, 01:04 PM

I remember that several years ago, one of the truck magazines had replaced the engine in a project truck...seems like it was a 55-57 Chevy. Anyway, they were in CA and also had some smoking issues and you know that the gendarmes in CA don't like that. They went through all sorts of things to try and resolve the smoking and one of them involved bon-ami cleanser. I think they let it be inhaled into the caburetor to try and get the rings to seat, since that was their thinking at the time. Problem is that I don't remember what it was that they did to actually fix the problem, but the cleanser trick wasn't the answer. Wish I could find the magazine and re-read it.

11-14-2010, 01:04 PM	#6
ChevLoRay Old Skool Club Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas" Posts: 10,880	Re: smokin 350 I remember that several years ago, one of the truck magazines had replaced the engine in a project truck...seems like it was a 55-57 Chevy. Anyway, they were in CA and also had some smoking issues and you know that the gendarmes in CA don't like that. They went through all sorts of things to try and resolve the smoking and one of them involved bon-ami cleanser. I think they let it be inhaled into the caburetor to try and get the rings to seat, since that was their thinking at the time. Problem is that I don't remember what it was that they did to actually fix the problem, but the cleanser trick wasn't the answer. Wish I could find the magazine and re-read it. __________________ Member Nr. 2770 '96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed. '69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo The older I get, the better I was.