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Old 10-18-2003, 11:23 AM
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Last night on the freeway I was being tailed by a moronic PT Cruiser coming home from work. I went from fifth to third and I saw white smoke coming out of my exhaust. I thought I was fucked. Any idea or what that usually means? Burning a lot of oil? I didn't bother to check my oil levels. It is time to change oil though. TIA.
Old 10-18-2003, 12:24 PM
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change the oil check for leaks then if everythign is normal it shoudl be good possibly head gasket blown tho
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white smoke = burning coolant
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buring coolant = temp rise
temp rise = head gasket malfunction
head gasket malfunction = blown
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My temp gauge did not rise at all. Not one bit throughout the entire downing to third and pounding it for a few miles.
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tap the rev limiter?
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Nah not even the rev limited. I didn't even let the RPMs get into 6k.
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hmm well i don't know what to say usually for me crusing in 5th is 3500 rpms.....if i slammed it into 3rd i would smack the **** outta the rev limiter @ 9K
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