Smoking 440

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Buckeye440

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Hey all. I have a 440 with a true dual exhaust. Somewhat recently it started to smoke out of ONLY the driver side pipes. It is a blueish tint and does smell like burnt oil. It starts without any smoke until about a minute after startup. At that point it continues to smoke worse for about another 2-3 minutes until it's a consistent amount. After several more minutes of idling it starts to slowly dissipate, until I rev it and the smoke begins to build again. Then it starts dissipating again by just letting it idle once again. I pulled all the plugs to check their condition and they all are kinda sooty, except for the #7 cylinder which had a little gas drip out of the plug hole and the tip of the plug being wet. In addition, I have found no "known" leaks. Do these symptoms point out anything specific to anyone?
 
Have you done anything with the intake manifold recently, is it loose and sucking oil?
 
Buckeye440 said:
Hey all. I have a 440 with a true dual exhaust. Somewhat recently it started to smoke out of ONLY the driver side pipes. It is a blueish tint and does smell like burnt oil. It starts without any smoke until about a minute after startup. At that point it continues to smoke worse for about another 2-3 minutes until it's a consistent amount. After several more minutes of idling it starts to slowly dissipate, until I rev it and the smoke begins to build again. Then it starts dissipating again by just letting it idle once again. I pulled all the plugs to check their condition and they all are kinda sooty, except for the #7 cylinder which had a little gas drip out of the plug hole and the tip of the plug being wet. In addition, I have found no "known" leaks. Do these symptoms point out anything specific to anyone?
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I would check the valve seals. 65'
 
Since purchasing the car I haven't done anything with the intake. The intake is a Weiand Hi-Ram Tunnel Ram with 2 750 Holleys. I will also add that the one carb does leak and the oil smells of fuel.
 
Just talked to an older gentleman who's a local Mopar guy that's had a shop in the area for a couple decades. He think that the carb is dirty, that debris may be causing the float and/or needle valve to not function properly and overload the cylinder/s with fuel, causing a buildup of fuel making it run very rich, and causing the fuel to seep through the rings into the oil causing it to smell of fuel...?
 
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