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again i dont recall this being common on the 2.6 but who knows...


It's not terribly common in the 2.6, you're exactly right, but I have seen it. Fact is, I've got a little bit of that going on in the turbo truck right now - it has about 50,000 miles on the rebuilt engine.

I'm planning to pull the head and have it gone through by a shop that's better than the one that built it in the first place. There are a couple of other "freshen-up" items I plan to address while I'm there.

Mind you, the truck runs fine, but just a puff of smoke on start up.

I suspect that's the same thing going on with your truck.

87 Montero, bought new, by me -
88/89 intercooled Starion Turbo engine-
with awesome audio.