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kpodj61240
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i was on my way to my dads shop and took it easy on the car 3/4 of the way then stoped at a red light, and when it turned green i decided to mash the throttle . when i got on it s cloud of smoke shot out from under the passanger side dash. it smelled like oil. i dont believe its the heater core because my carpet was completly dry. and from time to time i can see just a haze of smoke?????
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what color was the smoke?

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well i was trying to pay attention to the road but i thought grayish white. and it did smell like oil. i thought my engine caught fire at first.

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Well white smoke normally means blown head but im guessing you still drive it so maybe check all your lines. Put in on a car jack and just do a throughal check.Gl hope everything works out fine.

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this problem went on like 2 weeks ago. and its been in a shop scince then getting looked over scince it was a fresh build. so he went over pretty much everything like vac leaks did compression tests, seals, ect. took off the valve cover and looked for anything abnormal. i mean i changed the oil after this happened i would have noticed like milky oil if the head was blown. right??
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anyone?

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It if you blew the head there could have been water on your dipstick or really bad sputter-skip.

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but thats what im saying like it just recently passed the compression test really good. i would have horible compression if i blew the head. haha buddy ur scaring me with saying the heads blown

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No its not that cause you got good compression. I honestly dont no now dude. If I didnt find anything I would see how it ran and see if it would do it again.

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alright thank you for the input man

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no problem. Im shure I didnt do anything but I tried.


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