i know this description is going to suck ***, and i'm going to probably get flamed but i just wanna know some possible causes for my car smoking like hell, white smoke, and i know its oil, problem is i'm not sure exactly what it could be..

 

i thought white smoke was coolant?? and if so probobally a headgasket leak

 

i'm not sure..smells hella like oil..

 

if it's sweet smelling it's probably coolant. If your exhaust is stainless it's normal for it to "smoke" when you first start the car up because stainless tends to collect a lot of moisture, but it should go away once the car warms up.

 

what are you using up that you have to refill ....... oil or coolant ? If you have to replace a lot of oil but arn't leaking any out on the ground, it is oil. It is either blowing past the rings, or around the valves, or past the head gasket. Pull the plugs look at the condition of them, check the compression in each cylinder and then give us a report.

 

Blown Headgasket imo

 

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white smoke = coolant.

yeah, blown head gasket is likely.

 

head gasket is gone

 

How much smoke are you talkin about? Smoking like hell, possibly a headgasket. Do a leakdown test.

 

how do you people just immediatley jump to headgasket? there is this thing people use when fixing cars called troubleshooting. not just throwing parts at a problem.

first, yes white is coolant. second its time to find out where its comming from. do a leakdown test to eliminate anything serious then move from there.

 

yeah i use up alotta oil bro, i dont' have to replace coolant that often, and no my oil is not leaking to the ground either

 

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But is the oil going into the coolant? Is there any sign of it in the overflow? I've never seen a car that smokes a ton of white be anythine else than a blown headgasket. If you were burning oil it would be bluish smoke.

 

i dont' see any leaks anywhere..of any kind..

 

if it is the head gasket should i just say eff it and mini me it while i'm at it?

 

if you got the money, cuse you gotta pull the head, so why not mini me it