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Originally Posted by kerry
The early vacuum pumps vent into the air cleaner. When the diaphragm fails it pumps oil from the crankcase directly into the air cleaner, hence the cloud of white smoke. This combined with the vacuum problems point to this as the source of the problem.
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And that yeilds
white smoke? I'd have expected blue from all the extra oil going through the cylinders.
I've always understood white was coolant or, in rare cases, freon (although that particular white cloud didn't come out the tailpipe as I understand).
Guess I learned something new today
