Hi, First of, I have to admit that I don't know anything about cars, (although that's never stopped me before). It has always been interesting to me and I really like older cars.
But these are probably beginner questions. I have an old Ford Capri with an original 1600 pinto engine. As long as I have had the car, it ran irregular. After changing everything that has to do with the ignition (new plugs, cables and accuspark) it still didn't work the way it should. So a month ago I decided to take the head off the engine. I got it skimmed and it became clear that third cilinder was leaking. Because the head was off the car anyway I decided to put in a camshaft of a 2 liter engine. (Supposed to give a bit more power)
I now have 2 problems: there's white smoke coming from the exhaust, is it possible that a new headgasket is leaking? How do I know for sure? As soon as I put in first gear and release the clutch the engine stops (at first it was fine) why?
How bad did I fuck up? I really want to know what I did wrong, so I can fix it.
Video of the car running in idle https://youtu.be/JWqdjTN1wZc (phone died when I got to the exhaust, so no video of that, but there's a small puddle of water, it doesn't taste like coolant). I really hope you guys are able to help me, because at this moment I'm kinda desperate.
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