Smoke out of exhaust...
#1
Smoke out of exhaust...
I went a a long trip and saw a big cloud of smoke out of my exhaust. I changed my oil and saw my radiator had a leak in it, so i bought a new radiator. I can still smell the smoke though as i'm driving....any ideas?
#8
ok check this out
a: pull out ur dip stick and check for coolant on it and see if the oil is milky color
b: pull out a spark plug and see if there is coolant on the tip
if these are like stated above u blew a headgasket
if u do it urself its a whole weekend worth of work that depends which side blew the gasket. the gaskets are about 20$ a piece and i would replace all the gaskets that you take off in the process to getting to the headgaskets. it costed me about 150$-200$ on my old car i dont really remember! good luck
a: pull out ur dip stick and check for coolant on it and see if the oil is milky color
b: pull out a spark plug and see if there is coolant on the tip
if these are like stated above u blew a headgasket
if u do it urself its a whole weekend worth of work that depends which side blew the gasket. the gaskets are about 20$ a piece and i would replace all the gaskets that you take off in the process to getting to the headgaskets. it costed me about 150$-200$ on my old car i dont really remember! good luck
#9
Originally Posted by NYR1199
blown headgasket eh? THat doesn't sound very good, what do i need to do to clear this up? Approximately how much will it cost as well?
And since it's a V6 you have 2 heads and 2 headgaskets...
#10
If it is a blown headgasket you can pull the sparkplugs out, one by one, to narrow it down to which side is blown. I've done this a lot in the shop and it works. Of course, the last time I did it, the problem turned out to be a hole in the block and not a blown gasket at all.
Edit: forgot to mention that when you pull the plugs out, your looking for water on them. You should be able to tell the difference between water and gas on a plug. Once you find out which plug has water on it, that will be the side.
Edit: forgot to mention that when you pull the plugs out, your looking for water on them. You should be able to tell the difference between water and gas on a plug. Once you find out which plug has water on it, that will be the side.
#11
I think my max might be smoking also, i had my car runing and i went around and put my hand in front of the exhaust. The fumes coming out of the exhaust was humid. I was like ok hopfully it wont be like stanza and start smoking. Then I started to back up and a cloud of smoke went by me. i stoped and reved it a bit and sure enough the same thing happened. What do you guys think it could be ?? a blown head gasket? or what else. the car already was warmed up and the weather is not cold here. From what i can tell the smoke was white.
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