1991 Ranger 3.0 Excessive Smoke

[dancron]

About a year ago I purchased a 1991 Ford Ranger 3.0. The truck ran fine but I noticed it was smoking excessively from the tailpipe with a pungent gasoline odor. Then the truck occasionally wouldn't start. I performed some routine maintenance with no luck. Brought it to my local mechanic and was told it was most likely the head gasket. I just completed the head gasket replacement last weekend and it definitely needed to be replaced due to cooling system neglect but now I still have the smoke and strong gasoline odor. The truck starts and runs strong with no CEL.

Here are some things I've done so far:
Head Gasket, Distributor Cap and Rotor, Plugs and Wire, Fuel Filter, Cleaned MAF and Throttle Body, and checked the fuel pressure.

Anyone think they could help me out?

 

[Shran]

Fuel pressure regulator would be the first item I would look at, based on your description.

 

[dancron]

I was actually looking into that! Thanks for the input.

 

[RonD]

Yes, check the vacuum hose on the fuel pressure regulator, if there is fuel in that hose replace regulator