Todapwr

My car is burning COOLANT. Well like 2 weeks ago my radiator went out and my car overheated so i replace it with a FLUIDYNE radiator and ever since. My car has been buring coolant its not a lot and olny burns when i drive it hard. could i have blown headgasket? I have a little white somke that come out of the exhust but i think its b/c its cold out its stops when my car warm up so what is it? PLEASE HELP

AMG

First :Calm down

Second: Are you sure your car is burning coolant? It might be leaking from somwhere.....check that first.

Third: The white smoke you are seeing is due to your car running rich.....atleast thats what I would assume.

Last: Be patient, someone will know whats wrong or will help someone else figure the problem out.

-Anymore info would be helpful

Todapwr

Haha thanks for the post I'm 99.9% sure that its not leaking. but for runing to rich that can be ture how can i fix that

al3e

yeuppp white smoke rich.. as in bling blinngg jp

AMG

Holy **** I am a dumb *** and you guys are too for agreeing!!!!! lol

White Smoke= Running lean
Black Smoke= Running Rich
Whoops

ng

How would installing a new radiator make him run lean?

Grimace EJ6

how do u know its only burning when u drive hard? whats happening to make you say that? trying to get some ideas of what else u are expierencing so I can poss. help ya

Todapwr

i can smell a sweet smell inside the car and under the hood and i check the coolant last night before i went playing in the snow it was full in the overflow and after i got done drving it hard it went down to a 1/4

ng

Sweet? WTH? You got teriyaki sauce on in your engine?

Todapwr

ok sorry not so sweet more like burning coolant

EG TYPE-R

sounding more and more like coolant in the exhaust.
one way to check a blown head gasket that ive learned is to pressurise the coolant system and let the car sit over night.

basically take the radiator cap off and get a cap and a pump to pressurize it, then the next day with the spark plugs off crank the motor over with the ignition disabled and a paper towel over the plug holes to see if the cylinders spit coolant out.

ive found a few tricky blown ones that way

Grimace EJ6

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if u can smell it, ur def either leaking or burning coolant. I would do the test for a blown head gasket like EG TYPE-R explained. could be a small leak which is why the car isnt overheating yet. also if u can smell it inside check the heater core. may be leaking from there