i had a semi long drive the other day and when i got home and stopped i noticed a little bit of smoke under my hood. so i looked and there wasnt any antifreeze left. i filled it up and drove it for a day and everything was fine. The next day the same exact thing .. smoke and no antifreeze can anyone tell me what that is before i take it to the shop

 

I assume you're talking about your coolant? Is your car puffing out white smoke? If so, examine your headgasket.

 

yea white smoke ... not alot but enough

 

check your oil, too. is it whitish brown and or/foamy? if so, you sir have the classic signs of a head gasket leak.

white smoke means that coolant is somehow making it into your exhaust.

 

his smoke was under the hood though.. would that still indicate a failing headgasket?

 

Must be a cracked radiator. See if its leaking overnight.

 

Check your oil, if it's normail then look around elsewhere as well. Check lines, hoses, etc. My old cressida did the same thing because of the clutch fan, which in turn overheated, which in turn spit water out of the res, which in turn hit a hot piece of the exhaust.

edit: it's not a clutch fan in this case though


[Modified by Dave-ROR, 1:17 PM 10/30/2002]

 

its white smoke ... and it smells kinda sweet. like coolant or something burning. im gonna take it tomarrow and get it checked out. thanks alot for all the help tho guys

 

This happened to me before..... a cracked end cap on the radiator. I bet that this is the problem!!!!

 

Yep... definitely coolant you are burning there. Good luck!!!

-Buzz

 

sounds more like a leak to me

 

alright , the baby is in the shop getting looked at today ... got a ride home in a saturn l300 today ..got nothing on us


[Modified by typeRdriver, 9:00 AM 10/31/2002]

 

good news ... it was only the fan in the front of that car. it wasnt working and was causing the engine to heat up and thats why it was burning so much coolant. and then it would smoke when there wasnt any coolant left. thanks for the help guys