My 22re has developed an intermittent cylinder. It happens when I first turn it on and its cold and sometimes when cruising at 60-70 in 5th and I have to push into the throttle very much. I think it's the #3 cylinder and it has a very white sparkplug, the other plugs look nice. Could it be an injector?

I also just very recently changed the timing chain, oil pump, and water pump. But just today when I turned it on it started to belch either bluish or whitish smoke, lots of it, and it stopped when it warmed up. I checked the oil and it was down half a quart. What the crap happened?

 

Does it look like a milkshake, and did you check the coolant?

 

Sounds like it might be a headgasket, don't know check the coolant though and see if there is oil in there? I'll check back tomarrow

 

yeah, no milkshake action. Don't see evidence of blown head gasket on the sides either, but I can't see that much anyhow.

 

Could well be a clogged injector. Running lean means running hot. It'll clean the plug and even leave the insulator shiny and glazed. If it continues, it can melt electrodes.

MIke in AR