smoking somewhere after head gasket repair

1993 TOYOTA
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PARTSGANSTER
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i have a 1993 toyota p/u with the 3.0 in it and i just did the headsgaskets and resufaced the heads and adjusted valves and just about everything that ur supposed to do with the job. i fibished the job last night and when i went to start it a min. later it started smoking. any idea what it could be?
Aug 1, 2013 at 12:26 PM
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CJ MEDEVAC
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YOU USED A TORQUE WRENCH?

DID YOU TORQUE THE HEADS IN THE CORRECT TIGHTENING SEQUENCE?

IN "STEPS", IF IT WAS CALLED FOR?

YOU HAD A "REFERENCE" TO WORK BY?

THE MEDIC

Aug 1, 2013 at 7:15 PM