valve cover gasket replacement and still smoke

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Asked by shirl143 Aug 18, 2014 at 01:30 AM about the 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GT Spyder

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

ok, so I got my valve cover gasket replaced and my engine is still smoking. I have noticed there is still a VERY small oil leak out of one of the bolts, but even before I had this done, my car NEVER smoked as bad as it does now....

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by the way, the smoke is white, but not thick at all... im just completely confused at this point....

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ok maybe i didn't explain well enough.. my valve cover gasket is not completely sealed on one of the bolts, and there is a very small leak.... does that make more sense? i can run the car for a few minutes and there is the smoke... and the white smoke is exactly what i was thinking as well... antifreeze heating up.... but i am not losing any fluid there at all... if i am, then it is not noticeable in the least little bit, because i have been keeping track of that for about a week and a half now... im so confused... :/

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also since this has been done, the car has started to run really rich, my plugs were in for 2 days, i checked them and they were sooty black and smelled of gas.... could that be a culprit?

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