2lt white smoke

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gingwaa
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2lt white smoke

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So my 89 surf has a 2lt fitted I have had a starting problem where it starts like its out of fuel then coughs and splutters into life that was the problem for a short time but now has a hudge amout of white smoke on idle and blue under load . Whats some things I can look into my salf before getting it to a garage to be looked at
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Re: 2lt white smoke

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turbo is leaking oil into the exhaust.
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Head has cracked.....
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if head was cracked it would be overheating or loosing water.
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Has no overheating problem at all im going to bite the bullet and send it to the truck shop at work and get them to spend a couple hours checking compression timing head ect before I look for a transplant thanks for the advice
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have you checked how much play the turbo has?
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