: I'm still having trouble with my '69 Valiant.
: I've tried adjusting the choke and the idle
: mixture and the result is always the same,
: smoke and carbon out the exhaust. When the
: choke is completely open and the engine is
: hot, It will belch gray/black smoke every
: time I rev the engine. I know that it's not
: oil because, I'm getting a carbon residue on
: the ground. I cleaned and rebuilt the carb,
: cleaned the original metal PCV valve and the
: oil breather cap, changed the air hoses and
: air cleaner, and adjusted the valve lash. I
: can hear an ocassional popping in the
: exhaust and every once in a while, it's
: repetitive. Do I need to look at the valves
: again? I can hear them tapping a bit. The
: car sat without being driven for a year. Is
: it possible that something else is plugged
: up from sitting and sludge build up?
:
: Joel

: I'm still having trouble with my '69 Valiant.
: I've tried adjusting the choke and the idle
: mixture and the result is always the same,
: smoke and carbon out the exhaust. When the
: choke is completely open and the engine is
: hot, It will belch gray/black smoke every
: time I rev the engine. I know that it's not
: oil because, I'm getting a carbon residue on
: the ground. I cleaned and rebuilt the carb,
: cleaned the original metal PCV valve and the
: oil breather cap, changed the air hoses and
: air cleaner, and adjusted the valve lash. I
: can hear an ocassional popping in the
: exhaust and every once in a while, it's
: repetitive. Do I need to look at the valves
: again? I can hear them tapping a bit. The
: car sat without being driven for a year. Is
: it possible that something else is plugged
: up from sitting and sludge build up?

: I'm still having trouble with my '69 Valiant.
: I've tried adjusting the choke and the idle
: mixture and the result is always the same,
: smoke and carbon out the exhaust. When the
: choke is completely open and the engine is
: hot, It will belch gray/black smoke every
: time I rev the engine. I know that it's not
: oil because, I'm getting a carbon residue on
: the ground. I cleaned and rebuilt the carb,
: cleaned the original metal PCV valve and the
: oil breather cap, changed the air hoses and
: air cleaner, and adjusted the valve lash. I
: can hear an ocassional popping in the
: exhaust and every once in a while, it's
: repetitive. Do I need to look at the valves
: again? I can hear them tapping a bit. The
: car sat without being driven for a year. Is
: it possible that something else is plugged
: up from sitting and sludge build up?
:
: Joel

: Assuming all of your rebuild efforts were
: successful, I'd suspect an ignition problem
: - possibly bad cap/rotor, wires, points (?),
: condenser... That can cause smoke blowing
: and missing too. Skipping a timing chain
: gear might be another possibility.
:
: Lou