white smoke from exhaust

[jml062088]

... white smokes been coming out since i bought the car in november and it will not pass inspection for it. can it be the head gaskit? or anything else let me know please if you have anything 93 ka24de

[240tripper]

white smoke is usually coolant smoke, meaning head gasket is blown from a coolant port to a cylinder---this means you're burning coolant, so car will soon overheat....this produces a "sweet" smell to the exhaust...

blue smoke = oil. from head gasket (oil port to cyl.) , valves or piston rings, usually more serious. oil smoke is thick and nasty.

if its truly white, and NOT blue, you need a head gasket, probably not a whole rebuild. keep track of your fluids, they will help tell the story.

always a chance you have a cylinder not firing too...

[IanS]

^^^ The newb with the answers speaks the truth.

Welcome both of you.