90hondaccord

Went to change the spark plugs to find oil in there. Replaced all valve gaskets and put back together and now white smoke pours out exhaust. Only ran for 10 seconds cause I had to go to work. Any guesses what's wrong?

tim73

If it is indeed white smoke, then youre somehow leaking coolant into the combustion chamber. Does it smell sweet? Valve gaskets? I assume you mean valve cover? Or valve seals? If valve seals, then I would suspect it is actually oil youre burning.

holmesnmanny

it could just be normal smoke you never noticed occurred on a cold startup

Lost Again

How much oil leaked into the cyl(s) when you removed the plugs? Meaning, are you burning off the oil that went into the cyl.

90hondaccord

Valve Cover Grommet, Spark Plug Tube Seal, Valve Cover were all replaced, and there was a lot of oil that leaked in. Te car never smoked before I removed the spark plug tubes and it could very well be just burning off the oil. I'm also curious if I did it wrong could I mess the engine up?

90hondaccord

There's also water dripping from the exhaust now

chrisnick

My tube seals leak as well. Every time I pull my plugs to get rid of the oil that has leaked into the tubes, oil gets into the CC and it smokes pretty good for the first minute or so of run time. Its not a problem. Water out of the exhaust is typically from condensation forming and sitting in the exhaust, and goes away with run time.

MAD_MIKE

Water is also a normal by product of combustion, especially with a working emissions/catalyst system. Look at a newer cars exhaust after it takes off from a light, water will often pour out of the tail pipe. This is normal.