heres the prob... in the mornings when i start my car i have alot of white smoke comming out but thas only from a cold start and i have some wierd sounds comming from the rear of the car...im assumeing it is from the exhust. any ideas what it could be? is it normal?
s13 sr20det
white smoke at idle
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Axel Grungy
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SHIEF wrote:White smoke = head gasket
I was about to say same, when your headgasket blows, you're coolant/oil starts to going in the chambers and causes the car to smoke smoke.
What kind white smoking is it smoking, is it bluish? Is it heavy? Does it smell sweet?
If its none of the above than its normal, usually when white smoke is heavy, it means its burning oil and if it smells sweet its burning coolant.
i had white smoke at idle... ended up being my head gasket...
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astron wrote:related, and not to clutter the posts...my car burns a bit of oil (blue smoke) after it idles for a while, when you touch the gas...what component is this? head gasket? valve seals? Figure i'll have to deal with it sooner or later...might as well be sooner while i've got money
Only places for oil to get into the chamber is by going around a piston ring or the valve seals. head gasket usually involves the coolant burning off since oil is thick, the passages are small, and if there was oil leaking in as fast as coolant you would run the system dry pretty quick, (almost 4 quarts of oil vs 1.5-2 gallons of coolant) and at that point you have alot more to fix than a gasket.