Well I got my car running to best so far, however i took it on the highway checking how well it would do at high rpms, I redlined in 1st and 2nd and took it easy afterwards. I then returned home and i noticed greyish white smoke puffing from my exhaust

To the question is this anything i should worry about, and if so how do i take care of it

 

isnt greyish/white smoke coolant?Does it have a sweet smell?could be headgasket.....

 

thats what i was afraid of any other ways i can check wouldnt there be oil in my antifreeze or visa versa

 

bump

 

most of the time there will be.is it overheating at all??

 

check you water pump also,could be leaking.

 

no i dont have any leaks from anywhere and theres no over heating at all, overall the car runs great, i just dont want to smoke to get worse and have to replace more then i need to on my engine, well you guys probably understand that

 

Does it stutter or hesitate when idling cold? That's what mine did when it had a blown headgasket, otherwise drove fine and only smoked after hard freeway runs... Smell the smoke, if it smells sweet, it's most likely coolant and your HG is blown.

 

well no it actually has been idling good and it takes off good, let me add that i did just order this engine from hmotors and it supposably only has 30000 miles on it, not that it makes a difference but could the smoke maybe be something from the engine sitting out and not being started for a long period of time?

 

when did u get the thing started... ... i think white grey smoke is normal if the engine has been sitting a while.... it should go away.... my advice would be not to rape the motor for no reason like that... it was probably just deposits and random **** getting burned out through your exhaust.

 

white smoke greay smoke,
coming out of the exhaust pipe. 2 things transmission (is possible)
you most lilkly blew the engine head is probably cracked inside pistons smoked ,seal on valves chek it out

 

did the smoke ever stop?

 

unfortunatly NO! unless you do a engine work like rebuilding the engine or just gettin a used engine nip*on from california they are the best on used japanese engines
i work at a used parts sotre is a where house ,i can be annaouncin my self jet until the nOOb stuff goes away lame!!! but well man think about what you you're gona do . that baby is gonna look like your fireplace smoke eveyrwhere how do i post pics?

 

bunbury i make no sense of your post at all

You have to save your images to another place like geocities, photobucket, etc... then post the link to it on here as an image

 

I also am looking over your watched topics? you dont know how to change a set of headers but you know how to tell if its my head gasket? or are you just following what the guy above said

 

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Well ive started it a couple times over the last couple months, i just started actually driving it about 3 days ago. The smoke was however alot worse when i first started the engine it does seem to be decreasing the more i drive it, but i dont smell anything sweet it just smells like exhaust

 

bro not at all man i just post the header thread for kicks of course iknow how do installed some headers i did the thread also to see how fast people will respond if help is ever needed and people here are pretty kool they answer fast ,,,,,but to your question it dosen't take an expert to know you might be needing a new motor don't belive me? well bro take your car to the closest shop see what they say

 

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bump!!!

 

what are you bumping my post for, you cant even type a sentance correctly let alone spell cool, if you dont know **** about a topic dont post about it, someone stupid *** may actual listen to you and go take there car to a shop to spend money on a diagnosis they never had to recieve in the first place.

 

once last bump before i tear down my head

 

Dunno if this'll help, but while I was waiting for my car to be registered/Bar'd (SOHC ZC swap), the engine/car sat in my garage for a period of 3 months without being started or driven. For a period of 1 week after I started driving the car around I had white-ish smoke coming from my tailpipe. Originally I thought it was the headgasket because the coolant had a bit of oil in the overflow tank but apparently it was just old coolant that originally had oil in it. Replaced the coolant, changed the oil, and after a week the smoking stopped.

I believe the smoke was condensation build up in the engine/exhaust after sitting for a period of 3 months. Also, the smoke didn't always appear within the first week or two of driving. Only usually during/after spirited runs (had a friend follow me around to tell me the color of the smoke lol).

Also been driving my car around for about 6+ months now and the coolant doesn't have a single drop of oil in it and the oil doesn't have a single drop of coolant (or at least that I can tell).

 

When i was driving today i checked in the tail pipe while the car was running, it was wet in the tail pipe i put it on my finger, neither oil or antifreeze just regular water (I have a habit of tasting it to make sure its either or lol) it does however put out a odor, did yours? it doesnt smell like burning antifreeze neither

 

Mine smelled like exhaust fumes lol. No sweet smell at all as I recall.

Originally, however, I thought it was anti-freeze due to the color of the smoke (white), but like I said; it didn't smell sweet at all.

Sorry, too lazy to read through all of the posts but how long has your car been smoking for? If it's only been like a day I'd say leave it alone for a few weeks but make sure your coolant/oil levels are topped off. From my understanding it's normal/common for an engine that's been sitting for extended periods of time to have a bit of condensation build up (Search: "Storing Car") .

 

well i started it a couple months back and i had alot more smoke then i do now, i let the car sit for awhile and started it up again a couple days ago, sometimes when i start it i get smoke but when the car starts to warm a little more theres no more smoke, but like you said after a long run it puffs pretty bad