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Rough idle till engine light comes on.

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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 4:33 PM
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Default Rough idle till engine light comes on.

I have a 1990 Chevy Silverado I recently put a new fuel pump and gas tank and now when I start it up it runs rough for the first 10 seconds or so until the check engine light comes on, then it plows out a little cloud of white gas smelling smoke and runs fine. However it still runs rich (I can smell the gas) and it sometimes stalls when I am at a stop light. It is going through gas like crazy please help.
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Old Sep 26, 2010 | 8:24 PM
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sounds like its running really rich.. what is the code reading?
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Old Sep 27, 2010 | 2:00 AM
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Hi hwfan,

Welcome to the Chevy Forums.

It wouldn't hurt to run a compression test. It sounds like it could be a blown head gasket.
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