2kdrift

hello i am getting white smoke out my exhaust but it dosent happen all the time.


will not smoke while idling
will not smoke on WOT


if i am cruising/ not pressing gas for example going down hill for ahwile when i punch the gas a big poof of white smoke comes out the exhaust. also sometimes in the morning i get smoke on startup.

at this point im not even sure if its water being burned or oil. and i just changed teh head gasket so thats not the problem.

Former User

White smoke = coolant
Blue smoke = oil

HatchB16

what he said

2kdrift

yes i have heard that before. just i dont know what considered blue but its not dark at all so i guess its just regular white smoke. is there a possibility its actually fuel?
i am running a basemap from another motor so i am guessing its running rich


if not that i am guessing its my IM gasket thats the only thing that could leak water. i have on of those heat absorption ones and it may be failing.

BigBlock22

rich mixture or burning fuel would be black smoke

2kdrift

ok thanks taht helps most likely water then

wtf69

Most cars that old will have white smoke when they start up

Outlaw-Hondaz

what does it mean when waters drips out of the tip of the muffler?

BigBlock22

thats normal condensation from after start up or from living in a cold climate.... notice it will go away after the car has been on for a while.

Outlaw-Hondaz

gracis!

2kdrift

thread jackeerrr ^^^ LOL nah but if it continue to drip water after warmup it can be more serious.my car was doing that before i swapped the head gasket


@wtf its not normal i gett big puffs of smoke and seems very intermitent

Solster

best way to put it is if it looks like a cloud pouring out the tail pipe it's water/coolant

if it turns blue at all it's oil.

BigBlock22

camdizawg, if you havent done this already....have someone smell the exhaust when you give the engine some throttle, it will have a sweet odor to it if its burning coolant. excessive white smoke is an indication of water/coolant getting into the combustion chamber. drive the car for twenty minutes and see if the problem still persist. after the exhaust system gets hot enough it should burn off any if not all water vapors that would be from moisturization

torqen2k1

Are you losing coolant at all? What type of oil weight and syn or con. oil using? Possibly is your throttle body leaking?

Unphzd

hmm im kinda interested in this too cuz my car blows faint white smoke? but i am not loosing coolant..is it just running rich?or what?

my friend said that its just running rich cuz you can smell the gas and its not a coolant leak

soo yeah id check the smell

jeffro2017

Hi, I just bought this 1995 honda accord 2.2 the guy said it burnt little oil, 1 qt per 100 miles when started and drove to my house like 45 min drive had no smoke coming out. I got it home changed the plugs to NKG iridium, and found no air filter installed so installed air filter. Now when i start it it smokes really bad like i am running sea foam thru it. If it sits and idle its not that bad, but if i hold the gas to 3000 rpm it will smoke you out!!! I dont understand that changing plugs and putting an air filter in would cause this. I also changed the valve cover gasket and plug seals . Anyone have any ideas? its not coolant as it is not sweet smell, and it dont smell like burnt oil its like very rich mixture smell but the smoke is whiteish in color. I was hoping someone ran accross this. I am planning putting old plugs back in and taking air filter back out and start it see if it is still smoking .
Thanks ahead of time
Jeffro