getting white smoke!

[ray666]

okay i don't know what the deal is with it but, the car dumps gas like a mutha at start up. once it warms up the a/f kinda stabilizes but smokes like crazy! i check the obvious oil/ coolant mix but didn't find anything. does this sound familiar to anyone? oh yeah if i let it idle for a while it will try to die and i see the oil light flicker, very weird. i've only seen it do that 2 or 3 times over 2 week period that this started happenning

[Justin35ll]

Check and make sure your not leaking fuel past the injectors orings.Check and make sure the injectors are working properly

[shift_SRDETuser]

white smoke is usually a coolant issue. You might see a little white smoke while the car goes to normal operating temps but after it gets there you should see none. I would check among other things your head gasket or even thermostat to make sure it is opening properly. You could also check your water pump -- could be bad coolant flow through motor.

[Justin35ll]

coolant will deff give off white smoke, but excess fuel will too. and a lot of it. I know from experience.

And since he stated the engine was stumbling and running rich that could be the problem.Check for both, but I've had a problem of running rich/missfiring/ and a lot of white smoke coming from the exhaust and it happened to be a 4th injector oring that was leaking.

[ray666]

cool i'll have to check all of those. i did find that i have lost some coolant too i popped the cap to take a look and i had to add almost a quart?!i might have multiple issues going on at the same time. crap...

[ray666]

i took the spark plugs off to inspect and found the second from the front has what looks like oil on the threads.

[ray666]

well found out i have a blown head gasket. hopefully not a cracked head. sr's aren't notorious for that are they?