Ford Fiesta bad exhaust smoke

Car: Ford Fiesta
Variant: zetec 1.25 se manual
Model Year: 1998
Categories: Leaks & Noises
where do i start.....ok bought car from auction that was my first mistake it had a misfire i stripped head and found broken exhaust valve i replaced valve and rebuilt using new gaskets and head bolts started it up sounded great as it got warm started to smoke black/blue so stripped again put full set of oil stem seals in and lapped all valves just to be on the safe side rebuilt again new gaskets/bolts correct touque....new plugs, new air filter, engine flush then oil & filter change....rechecked cam timing using TDC on 1 that was spot on...started engine smoked when hot realy bad again so did a compression test all 4 cyl within 3 psi of each other...did a leakdown test showed no major loss....did a vacuum test showed spot on...so i bought a obd scanner it came up with evap fault p0443 and long term fuel trims -25 and short term trim -20 did a reset of codes and did a drive cycle but fuel trims are returning rich readings again im at a loss please help guys before i jump under a lorry
Posted: Dec 16, 2011 (12 years ago)
Possibly cat partially blocked ?
Posted Dec 16, 2011 (12 years ago)
Take it you checked valve guides also when you fitted stem oil seals ?
Posted Dec 16, 2011 (12 years ago)
Would agree that there could be cataylst damage if vehicle was run with a missfire,and as you do not know the history woth a look.
Posted Dec 16, 2011 (12 years ago)
thanks for the replies guys forgot to mention viewed through spark plug holes all 4 piston tops are wet as are plugs not sure if its oil or fuel or both possibly overfueling ?
i didnt check valve guides i must admit but car didnt smoke at all before head job just misfired now no misfire but smokes real bad exhaust is full of soot im confused
Posted Dec 20, 2011 (12 years ago)
thanks for the replies guys forgot to mention viewed through spark plug holes all 4 piston tops are wet as are plugs not sure if its oil or fuel or both possibly overfueling ?
i didnt check valve guides i must admit but car didnt smoke at all before head job just misfired now no misfire but smokes real bad exhaust is full of soot im confused
Posted Dec 20, 2011 (12 years ago)

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