Hello, I bought a 1993 lx with 195,000 miles on it. I recently installed a 1995 escort GT manifold with 4 wire o2 sensor. Since the swap I’ve been getting white smoke from the exhaust (Not much but its noticeable when the car is stopped) It kind of floats up through the engine bay when the cars sitting with the hood popped. When I first swapped the manifold it was coming from around the top of the manifold, I tightened the nuts some more (probably too much, didn’t use a torque wrench, just tightened it good) and now it comes from my down pipe (the mesh one, that’s where my exhaust ends, no cat, muffler, or pipes) I think I might need a head gasket but not sure. The oil dip stick kind of smells like gas, I haven’t smelt it before so I’m not sure if that’s what it’s usually like. The protégé is parked for now and I'd like to check everything while I can. I don’t have a FSM, I will get one. Where should I start in checking everything out? I kinda want to take everything appear and maybe pull the motor. How should I go about checking the motor and everything/head gasket? Any information will be appreciated. Thank you
John
John
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