Carburetor smoking

Asked by GuruZB9X2 Oct 26, 2017 at 04:21 PM about the 1996 Chevrolet C/K 1500

Question type: General

I have a Chevy 1500ck I changed my spark plugs
and wires already my carburetor is smoking an the
truck won't start I checked the starter and
alternator but both are fine

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Gary answered 6 years ago

Assuming the wires were installed correctly (correct firing order), you may have a bad timing chain. Only way to tell for sure would be a compression test.

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