Q: there is intake pushrods I broke two of them and bent the rest started to smoke and it smells like fuel what would cause this
There are eight intake pushrods I broke two of them and bent the rest the truck lost power it started to smoke white smoke that smells like fuel what would cause this and what should I do
My car has 163000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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