help- my car smokes

[maxima0-60]

my car makes a big *** smoke cloud when i start up my engine and burns up oil the lady that owned the car b4 me never changed the oil when she had the car its a great car but thats the only problem can anybody help me????????

my car is nissan maxima 3.5L 2003 SE

[captluv]

Dude, not good. You piston rings are probably gone. You're looking at serious engine work. I had an Acura Legend that I had to get rid of because it developed this problem. Usually the cost of repair is more than the value of the car. I say ditch it quick before it winds up costing you too much money. Good luck.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Never changed the oil? Ever?For how many miles?

[A.Tech]

Does not sound like piston rings imo. It really sounds more like a headgasket to be honest. Tell me, When the car is on, What color of smoke do you see coming out of the exhaust?
Modified by A.Tech at 8:26 PM 3/9/2007

[jltibbs]

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[maxima0-60]

its pure white

[audtatious]

Does it have a weird "sweet" smell? If you check the oil, does it look like chocolate?

Sounds like a blown head gasket.

[maxima0-60]

it used 2 but i took out my whole head gasket and cleaned dat **** out so its cleaner but still bad

[audtatious]

Uhm.....

You mean you removed the heads (I'm not talking valve covers), cleaned the head gasket and put it all back together again?

The head gasket goes between each head and the block. I highly doubt you replaced the head gasket. If you did, and used the same gasket, then the gasket is bad or the head bolts were torqued down wrong.

Of course, assuming you have a blown one.

[WDRacing]

White smoke means you're burning water not oil. Could be a couple of things, most likely th ehead gasket like Matt said already. Could be a cracked block a letting water leak into the oil through one of the water jackets.

How much moeny are you willing to spend to fix it? Can you fix it yourself?

Use caplital letters and punctuation if you want be taken seriously.

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