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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 05:54 PM
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i just bought another honda and on my drive home on the freeway i noticed some what seemed to be white smoke coming from my exhaust, so im thinking headgasket. but when i get home im dinkin around the engine bay a little more and check the coolant resevour and there is no coolant in there, could this be why im spitting out smoke?
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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sounds like headgasket to me
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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i shouldn't be worried bout white smoke its the blue thats bad which is burning oil........

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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 07:52 PM
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alright, well it looked to me like white smoke, and im sure if it was blue id be able to tell right?
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Old Oct 22, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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white sounds like head gasket and i think if it were my car i'd be fixing that before too much longer....and yeah, you'd be able to tell the difference from blue and white...
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