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my engine head is smoking and it is not even hot!!!

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why the heck is it smoking i can put my hand on it and and is cool, i see oil bubbling around my glowplug and i think that is the source where the smoke is leaking out, i lost the copper washer tin piece that goes around the glow plug could that be a prob. :ninja:
 
find that washer dude! Needs to be in place so you're glow plug "seats" properly, otherwise you see what happens........the copper washer is kinda like a gasket
 
ok thanks so much i have no idea what happened to that washer , well off to the lhs
 
yes the washer is the problem. without it the gas will leak out and get all over the head and start to sizzle and steam.

bryan
 
Running without the washer may also damage your piston.
Without it the glow-plug sits closer to the piston. If its to close the piston it may either make contact and harm your engine or in extreme circumstances burn a hole in the top. I haven't yet mentioned the loss of compression and of course the leakage of fuel.

-Ed
 

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