sr20 is belching smoke sometimes(smells like coolant)

[kaneda3]

okso i have a det swap in my 240and it made some real descent numbers

but a couple times this past monthright after start up ill get a big cloud of white smoke for a few seconds

smells like maple syrup to me and ive always associated that with burnt coolant

well the car sat for about 2 weeks because my brake booster crapped out on mewell i went to move the car yesterday and i smoked out 3 city blocks(and i mean thick, and blinding for both lanes) before i ducked down an ally to try and figure out wha the hell was wrong i let it run for about4 minutes while i poked around and then took it home smoking badly the whole time

well i called a budy of mine to see if i could use his garage

and about an hour after i parked it i started her back up for the mile or so drive to the garage and hardly a hint of smoke... i even had my girl follow me and she didnt see ****

so my questions arehas anyone ever experienced something like this?

where could coolant be building up ?

is there anything else it could be?

please let me know what you guys think and thanx

mike

also my coolant doesnt seem to have changed at all???

[kaneda3]

also would it be really bad for my engine if i were to drive 30 miles or so to a real shop to have this diagnosed?

[Hijacker]

check your oil. synthetic oil is know to burn white sometimes. since i've never burned synth i can't tell you what it smells like. if you were leaking coolant into the cylinder, your oil would show it as well by looking milky.

[VERGE]

Possible that you have a blown head gasket, or a cracked water passage in the block. Either way you would notice your water (coolant) level dropping and/or the oil going milky under the filler cap. Any workshop should be able to pressurise your cooling system to see if it has any leaks.If that gives no result try a compression test. You could try your question at .Most members have Jap imports with the SR20DET,or have done the conversion, heaps of knowledge for a small club