I had a dream that I was driving Sean's beater last night... so strange. It was thoroughly rusted, the front end was wrecked and tweaked, and it idled so rough the car rocked back and forth violently.
I'm sure Ben will find a way to make this sexual.
Sean, why won't the car smog? It's FI so it can't be an AFR issue. If it burns coolant, run it without coolant while it's smogging! Just unhook the lower radiator hose and fill it back with only water. If it burns oil, run it with gear oil or diesel oil, something thick as crap that won't burn.
I drove a Ford (the most reliable American manufacturer
) with a bad internal coolant leak. It was having trouble starting because the spark plugs were getting soaked with coolant, so we drained the coolant, it fired right up and stopped smoking! Drove that sucker air cooled for about 10-15mins at a time without issue.