White Smoke than Fire from Engine

[The Rabbit]

I saw how this was a previous problem before and tried fixing it myself but it dont work
- I replaced the Head Gasket
- Pistons are new
- The upgraded carb has the upgraded exhaust as well
- The Grease Monkey tuned my ♥♥♥♥
- And every time I drive it, it spontanously combusts and starts a a fire?

Anyone know how to fix this?

[spengie the strange engie]

Have you Tuned your carburetor down to 12.9

[The Rabbit]

They're twin Carbs, can't go below 13.0, it's sitting on 15.6

[The Rabbit]

I should also meantion I paid the ~3k Markaa for have him repair my car so nothing out of the ordinary should be broken

[spengie the strange engie]

Do you have the stock radiator or racing one

[The Rabbit]

Stock... I think im beginning to understand

[The Rabbit]

I'll go order one than lol

[Lividdog2]

Make sure your carb is fully bolted on

[Vaihtovirta]

When you tune your carb, are you doing so when the engine is at operating temperature? If you set it so the AFR reads 15 but the engine is still cold from just starting, that setting is going to change as the temperatures climb.

[The Rabbit]

- Racing Radiators nice but doesn't fix the smoke
- Its all nice and tight
- That'll explain why it goes down... alrighty I'll go a couple clicks than tune it

[The Rabbit]

Nope, still smoking and burning

[Brittimus]

Is it backfiring?

[Jackthedragonkiller [Chirch]]

You said the upgraded carb has the upgraded exhaust, however the Racing Exhaust isn't fully compatible with the normal headers. They don't fit quite well so you can see the exhaust coming from the engine bay. Getting the steel headers should fix that.

As for the engine fire, is your radiator filled with coolant? Is the engine filled with oil? Is the fan belt spinning? What happens before the fire? Does the temperature increase way high and then catch fire? Or are you driving, everythings normal, and then fire?

[The Rabbit]

No Backfire
- Yeah I got the Steel headers
- Than fan belt isnt spinning because I just replaced it so I'll double check wiring with it to see if that'll fix it.

[Jackthedragonkiller [Chirch]]

Originally posted by Navia <3:

No Backfire
- Yeah I got the Steel headers
- Than fan belt isnt spinning because I just replaced it so I'll double check wiring with it to see if that'll fix it.

Well the fan belt doesn't need wiring to work. Only wiring related to it is the Alternator, but if the alternator isn't wired, all that'll happen is your battery will die.

If the belt isn't spinning, that means either your alternator is dead/dying, or your water pump is dead/dying. I'd assume it's your water pump since you're having engine fires and the battery hasn't died.

I'd replace your water pump and then fill up the radiator.

[Brittimus]

I concur with Jack. Sounds like your water pump is dead and therefore you’re now running an air cooled engine.