car shooting out thick white smoke. need help
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car shooting out thick white smoke. need help
my 95 gsr has a previous blown headgasket ..but just the other day i added a little oil and the car started smoking alot through the exhaust and started putting...when i started accelerating more smoke came out so i pulled over and left the car at my couzins..what do you think the problem could be ?head gasket? a shop said headgasket and vavle job would be 950....750 for the headgasket repair
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white smoke? blue tinted smoke? does it have a sweet smell to it? sounds like a head gasket imo, if they dont remachine the bottom of the head at least, the new gasket wont seal properly, imo it cost alot less to do it yourself if your any sort of mechanically inclined
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White smoke? Does it condensate or disappear? If so it is probably coolant. If not, it could be some other fluid like transmission fluid if it is automatic.
Check your radiator for oil and check your dipstick(no not that one, the one on the engine) for water. If the oil is runny on the dipstick, you definitely have an engine problem. Could be head gasket which is relatively easy to fix or could be cracked block which is RIP engine.
Check your radiator for oil and check your dipstick(no not that one, the one on the engine) for water. If the oil is runny on the dipstick, you definitely have an engine problem. Could be head gasket which is relatively easy to fix or could be cracked block which is RIP engine.
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Do a compression test; sounds like you may have a blown hg. Not to jump to assumptions though. Does your oil look milky? Is your coolant contaminated? Please don't pay nearly a grand just to change your hg. Just get a torque wrench and a gasket kit.
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White smoke? Does it condensate or disappear? If so it is probably coolant. If not, it could be some other fluid like transmission fluid if it is automatic.
Check your radiator for oil and check your dipstick(no not that one, the one on the engine) for water. If the oil is runny on the dipstick, you definitely have an engine problem. Could be head gasket which is relatively easy to fix or could be cracked block which is RIP engine.
Check your radiator for oil and check your dipstick(no not that one, the one on the engine) for water. If the oil is runny on the dipstick, you definitely have an engine problem. Could be head gasket which is relatively easy to fix or could be cracked block which is RIP engine.
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Yes.. It can get into the engine. We diagnosed a vehicle with this problem like 2 semesters ago. We thought it was coolant but it wasn't. This only happens on auto trans though. Although it could also happen on manual trans, as water can get into the transmission housing and going through one of the bellhousing seals into the crank case where it gets picked up by the oil pick up and pump.
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hmm that really sounds logical. i was so brain f***ed just now trying to figure out how transmission fluid get to the motor lol. but i agree, please dont pay that much for a head gasket replacement. its so simple
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Yes.. It can get into the engine. We diagnosed a vehicle with this problem like 2 semesters ago. We thought it was coolant but it wasn't. This only happens on auto trans though. Although it could also happen on manual trans, as water can get into the transmission housing and going through one of the bellhousing seals into the crank case where it gets picked up by the oil pick up and pump.
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