Propane forklift white smoke

I know this is a welding forum,but I dont know of a forklift forum and guess there might be a few guys on here that know something about this stuff. It puts out a white smoke when you rev it up. I thought it my have to much oil,but it checks out ok. I checked the plugs they had some carbon fuzz,but no big deal.

I have an Allis Chalmers forklift that has been running just fine up until now. It started smoking with a funny white smoke , missing when you pressed the gas pedal, and idling poorly. Motor is a TMContinental, OHV type. Vaporizer is a model J Impco.

I pulled the spark plugs, and they had a deposit on them that resembled salt. Toyota 4Y - Forklift Engine Smoking Problems was created by mdtaylorThe fuel is just LPG and not gasoline or diesel. You may however be using cheap black tyres which contain a lot of carbon - they are too hard and dont last that long.

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I guess I could have a tech(or whatever a forklift mechanic is called) come and look at it, but I figure, we do our own machine repairs, how hard can a forklift be.