i have recently notice white smoke comming out of the tail pipe. and even when the engine warms up it still smokes. also i have noticed oil leaking drops on the ground where i park my car. around there oil filter is located. i have hard some thing with the anti freeze coolent. i have decidec to flush the radiator and add in some raditor anti leak stuff in it also. does any one thing it will help.

also what parts can i clean, change to better the emmisions on the car kuz it smells bad or is jus the smoke?

 

does it smell like oil? thats usually the burning oil i think check your fiilter and see if it is loose if you think it is dripping....might have a leaky oil pan if it is dripping. But as for the burning....i dont know.

Brian

 

White smoke typical says that u have a head gasket leak. When that happens coolant breaches into the cylinders and creates a white smoke.

 

oil and antifreeze mix smells toxic, the heads on my 89 SE warped...and the stuff i drained from it was very smellly...oye...

Brian

 

Absolutely true. Antifreeze burns white, oil burns bluish. Check both your oil for a milky look, and your antifreeze for oily residue. Either way, it sounds like a bad head gasket....that sucks..

 

drain a little bit of your oil and see what comes out first.

 

i know what could of caused it to have a problem like this. and if its the head gasket problem isnt the smoke suppoed to go away after while? like till it warms up or after like some minutes have passed.

 

the First I is supposed to be a U.

 

What usually causes it is when the car overheats. There are other possibilites, but that's my experience.

Sometimes it can "go away", but it depends on how severe the problem is. For example, if the head is cracked, once the engine heats up it can temporarily seal the crack from expansion. It's possible for that to happen with a head gasket as well, but not as likely. Also depends somewhat on where the breach is- between cylinders, etc. If it does stop, it will only be temporary.

Either way, it needs to be fixed. If you are getting antifreeze in the oil, you will destroy your bearings eventually.

 

ok when i turned on the car 2day i didnt see almost ne somke. jus some smoke which was kinda hard to spot out. i also added about like 1/4 of a qurt of oil in yeasterday. and i jus checked to see if there was ne of the whitish stuff in the oil. but since it was all black i cant tell so now aym jus gona change the oil and the oil filter. can the problem be that there isnt enought oil in there so it caused the smoke?

 

Not enough oil will not cause white smoke.. when you change your oil, just check it out.

 

ok when i changed the oil is was like black but i didnt notice ne whitish stuff in it. is there any way i can check exactly where the problem. i also noticed most of the time when it smokes it starts when the car warms up or that's when it gets relly worse. but now what can do i to fix this problem besices give it over to the garage.

 

it does sound like a head gasket.
Run a compression check on the engine, and a pressure check on the radiator.
if either one loses pressure, then it's time to do a head gasket.

 

ok aym a total newbie but there do i go to get the compression test thingy.
2day when i opened my radiatior car i noticed some of the fluid comming out o could that be only becuase i have flushed the whole thing and put new stuff in. eaiter way it was comming out but i closed it fast b4 a lot can come out. but again where can i go to get the them tests done.

 

any good shop can easily run these tests and give you a way better diagnosis / estimate than we can

 

internetautomar i notice u sell parts. u have tha parts i need rite. what parts do i need. because i would like save save more. pep boys said around 1200 + labor. and u got cheaper prices then them. can u please help with thisss..

 

what parts did they say you need?
I've got the gaskets up on my site.
any other parts just e-mail me.

 

i dunno yet havent had the change to take the car to pep boys. how moch is it to get the tests done if ne one knows?

aym hoping the parts you have are reliable and fit perfectly in the places they go into.

 

don't know what they charge for diagnoseing the car.
I've had no complaints on the fit or quality of my parts so far.
there are quite a few org members who'll tell you just how nice a guy I am

 

If you are a bit mechanically inclined you can buy the compression test kit from places like NAPA and even the coolant pressure tester. Try going to autozone to see if they can rent you the kit if they have it. The test are very simple to do. Just some advice, but it sounds as though you have a head gasket leak.

 

yo internetautomar by far u have the cheapest Gasket Head Set or the Head Set. Napa was like $330 pep boys jus plain said 1200 but there was 2 thing he added i think the set it self was like 345 and u have it for 250 which is way better then 330 or ne thing but then it all comes down to shiping hahaha.
and i tryed to see the compression kit thingy they siad i need the tq numbers and stuff for the bolts. if i get it is a newbie able to do this. and do any one got a write up for this? it be hot to have that.

 

Ummm....I think you need to take it somewhere and have somebody look at it for you..no offense, but it doesn't sound like you know how to use the "compression kit thingy"...

 

You NEED to get an FSM if you plan on doing this yourself.
You have to start somewhere, I just hope this isn't your only car.

 

This is a BIG job, experienced or not. Be prepared to remove a TON of stuff, and it will take a while. It's not a 15 min. job....

BUT.. IAMart is right, you gotta start somewhere if you are going to work on your own car, so... at least get a Chiltons or Haynes manual, if not the actual FSM. You definitely don't want to be doing this blind.

One last comment- totally my opinion- you might want to do some more diagnostics and find out what exactly is going on before you start ripping stuff apart. I am 90% sure you've got a bad head gasket, but I'd want to know which bank it's on, etc...But that's just me.

 

nah this not our only car. we got like 3 Maxima's 93Se, 96GXE, 04Se.

but yeah i learn as i do stuff and rescearch hardcore b4 i actually do ne ting.but i have machanic who prolly gona do this for me. i jus wanna know which gasket is leakin left or rite b4 i spend more then i have to, but then if i jus buy the set and replace every thing i think it would be better in the long runn aym i rite or should i jus replace the broken one?

 

http://www.cardomain.com/id/southstar019

there's the link to my car domain site. jus the 4th gen maxima isnt there

 

I would do both sides, especially if someone else is doing the labor... If I were doing it myself, I MIGHT think about only doing the bad side, but then I don't always make the best decisions..

 

so i guess its a good idea to jus put new ones on both sides? or shoudl i look for a new VE engine kuz i have VTC troubles also but i add the Lucas engine oil stuff and the sound goes away. it sounds better then jus adding in the STP engine Oil treatment that i used to add. and i also have like 187,XXX miles on it. so is it better to get new head gasket or whole new engine?

 

With Repect to the Oil leaking around the filter, I had the same problem and it turned out to be the oil pressure sender unit. It screws into the filter mount, just above and in front of the filter. Unclasp the electrical connector and pull off the connector. If you have a wrench or socket that fits it (it's large) tighten it a little (say 1/4 turn). You don't want to overtighten it and break it.
I had, what I thought were leaks from the filter, yet it turned out to be the pressure sender. I tightened it up and the leaks stopped.
As for the white smoke , are you sure it's not signalling a new pope?