damn man..wtf problems keep adding up. now i have white smoke coming from the back of my engine. what could be the problem?? the smoke is light and smokes after i drive for a while. cant see where its coming from but i dont know what could be the problem. help!

 

Blown head gasket.

Is it coming from your exhaust or literally from your engine?

What does it smell like?

 

isnt white smoke water in the engine? and blueish is oil.... well iono ...

someone help this guy out

 

im gonna have to go with the blown head gasket. Change your oil and see if coolant is in it

 

and yes blue smoke is the result of burnt oil.

 

head gasket..

blue smoke=oil
black=gas
white=antifreeze/water

 

could be water pump failing

 

waterpump wont allow fluid into the combustion chamber...bad or not.

 

Does the smoke have any smell to it? I would check heater and coolant hoses, heater valve, oil filter and oil cooler for leaks. Check engine oil to see if it is milky.( blown head gasket)

 

hahah...sorry guys...i found out wat the prolem was...there was oil on my engine from a recent oil leak and its just buring it off...

 

if its white smoke then it isnt oil or shouldnt be.

 

coolant burns white...double check ur oil and make sure its not milky. if it is, then its cause of ur head gasket and coolant and flowing in there. do you have over heating problems too?

 

theres actually coolant and oil on my block. im gonna have to detail my car this month...

 

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naw..everything is ok. i checked everything and it looks ok. runs perfect now.

 

haha. bet you feel goofy huh? goofy but better knowing it wasnt a big deal. You mad it sound like the smoke was all over the place man.

 

Man o' man.. Problems problems ever since I got my 92 lude. It looks mean, but it has been a bad experience for me since buying it a couple months ago. I am having the same type of problem, so maybe some of you guys can give me ideas on what may be causing it as I will bring it to a mechanic tomorrow. I hope it isn't serious.

During every drive I can smell a bad burning scent throughout my car coming through my vents. So I popped my hood, and I believe its white smoke, but its kind of hard to tell if its that or blue, coming from behind my valve cover area and floating around/over the pgm-fi. I can see slight oil around the valve cover, so is this most likely a blown gasket? The burning smell permeates throughout my interior and it is getting pretty bad..

I don't have any overheating problems or anything of that nature. However, I do notice a slightly abnormal loss of oil. Any ideas?? I need to get this fixed asap!

Thanks guys

 

the smoke could be just oil burning off the engine. thats what my mechanic said....but just get it diagnosed and checked...

 

Yeah I figured that could be the problem, or my valve cover needs to be sealed better. I can smell burn, and a little smoke, but its not excessively smoking or anything. The smoke is easier to notice after parking my car in the garage after a drive. The burning smell inside my car is pretty bad though.

Did you have any burning smell inside your car?

 

You also should check behind the engine where the oil cooler is. Check to see if you are getting a oil the exhaust . If you are, you need to check the oil switch, the oil cooler o-ring and the oil pan gasket.

 

Alright. I'll check those, because the smoke does seem to be coming from somewhere behind the valve cover/engine area. If oil is in my exhaust, when and what kind of smoke should I see?

thanks