Thread: White Smoke????

I just went to trun my car on and continuous smoke comming out?? never did this... till today its 49 degrees here.is that the cause?



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It usually smells like coolant if it's your head gaskset.

yeaaa i just turned it back on and it was ok, i drove it for 10mins and no problem nothing is comming out of the exhaust. temp is perfect heat works.. thats weird.... ?

maybe its condinsation , if there isnt a smell it might be

yeaaa its ok now just odd how it did that, and if the time chain tensioner is broken can that throw off your idle a little?

I'd suspect it's oil burning. An eclipse here has the same issue. Burns oil at initial start-up, but if the engine is warm it's okay. Likely because of a bad gasket that only seals when it's warm and expands to cover the gap.

for kicks i would do a compression test , if you are loosing or burning oil check the levels the i would assume its condinsation out the exhaust pipe, but could be valve seals what kind of milage is on the engine

I had this happen to me a few weeks ago. All of a sudden white smoke just started pouring out of the exhaust like that. Didn't smell like coolant. Drove to class and it was fine and hasnt done it again. comp tested when I got home and all cylinders were pretty close. I wouldn't worry about it too much although a compressinon test and looking at the plugs never hurt anyone.

Buring oil = WHITE smoke

your smoke in the video has a hint of blue hue to it. Makes me think oil.