Recently my 89 5.0 started bucking and sputtering at low speed/rpm and flowing white smoke out of the exhaust. I haven't pulled the codes yet (I know I know). I did check the plugs and the drivers side are all wet with a clear fuel smell and the passenger side is dry. Plugs are e3s. Anyone else delt with this issue in the past?
WHITE Smoke??? That usually means coolant/water. It does not usually mean fuel. Fuel is black, and oil is kind of blue gray. Pull codes, but watch your coolant.
BEFORE YOU PULL A HEAD (and how many other of your parts, there are ways to test these things. You probably know of them, and here's the order I'd use them in (or purchase/borrow then use them in) to make sure of the color of the smoke and cause of the idle issue. There is the code reader, a vac. gauge (for big leaks), a compression testor, and leak down tester for both the cylinders and the radiator pressure. I'd avoid any psychic medium for this one... You will be pretty sure of what you may find if you go in this order - from mild to bad news.
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