[AMC-list] Smoking head on my 232 engine

["Thomas Garner" <Tgarner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everybody. 

I have a 1964 AMC Rambler with 232 engine. It sat all winter. I put in a new distributor. (It's a duraspark setup off an 81 Spirit. Also, I put a 2bbl intake and carb setup on it from the spirit) I started it up and it ran ok but not perfect. So I went to set the timing. I couldn't find the timing marks on the crankshaft pulley. I took a socket and breaker bar and tried to turn the engine, but the crankshaft bolt was apparently loose so all I did was keep tightening the bolt instead of turning the engine over. I thought it would be ok to just keep turning till it tightened. It did finally tighten up. Then my son came home so I decided to have him bump the engine around. Found the timing marks, marked them with marker and hooked up my timing light and then started the engine.
 The first thing I noticed was it immediately started smoking from the top of the head and I detected a smell, almost like rubber burning.  I let it run for a bit to see if it would burn off but it only got worse. I finally turned it off and checked my oil. Seems to be low. I checked the oil before I started it earlier and the oil level was fine.
 Tightening the crankshaft bolt down too much wouldn't cause this would it? WOuld the timing being off with the new distributor cause this? I don't think so, especially since it ran and didn't smoke after I first put in the distributor. I guess it could be coincidence and I need to change valve seals or something, but before I started doing all that, I thought I'd ask.


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