hey guys

well today is actually the first time i found out that my car blows white smoke on start up just for like 2-3 secs after its been sitting like 30mins of so, its not a lot of white smoke but its enough to see that there's actually smokes coming out of the tail pipe

i just recently changed the oil and hosed off the engine bay

my spark plugs looks nice and dry

on my old oil there was no sign of coolant present

can anyone help me and make my day please

thanks guys

 

condensation burning off?

 

nah i know for sure its not condensation

its summer where i live at the moment

its like first time i start up the car in the morning it would smoke for like 2-3 secs then stops....... drive the car ........ park the car for say 30mins...... start it up...... white smoke comes out again

 

headgasket might be starting to go?? that happend to mine just alittle white on start up and it turned out to be my headgasket coolent was leaking in to the cylanders and burning and making it smoke white

 

if its headgasket, shouldnt i be losing water ???

my water level stays the same

 

is the coolent fogy? open your oil cap and look at the oil cap and see if it looks creamy it might be the very begining stage of gasket problems but i might be wrong hopfully but thats the only thing i can think of

 

nope, on the bottom of my oil cap theres no milky colour at all
my radiator cap looks clean, and the water also still clean green

do you think its got something to do from me cleaning the engine bay with garden hose ???

doubt it tho .....

cnofused confused help help help

 

did you cover your turbo? and you said it only started smoking after you sprayed it?

 

yupe i covered my turbo, dizzy cap, ext coil, cdi ignition even the battery
all covered with plastic bags

i just went for a drive giving it hell, car pulls hard still
and from personal experience if i had a blown headgasket the water in the resevoir bottle should be all the way full right ??

but i just checked, it stays the same

 

hm then im not sure dude sorry wish i could help

 

haha thanks for the time uve spent trying to help me tho

much appreciated

****** cars

 

one more question

say your right and my headgasket is on the way out, will it shows if i do leakdown test ???

 

anytime

 

you should be able to tell yes

 

sweet

bumpage for more opinions

 

check your oil return line. mine used to do the same thing. when i first started it there would be white smoke but then it would go away. my return line was crimped a little.

 

the oil return line for the turbo ??

sorry not really mechanically minded person

 

edit... read your post wrong.

 

yes the oil return 4 the turbo

 

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The oil return is where the turbo drains the oil back into the oil pan.

They are saying to check that and see if there is a rescrition in the line that could be cause the oil to back up.

Yes a leak down can tell you quite a few things about the motor including where the motor is leaking from if it's leaking

 

possibly valve stem seals.. mine used to do that then i replaced all 16 and no more white smoke every time it started

 

your car used to smoke just for a couple secs on each time u started it ??

the damn engine was built with new gaskets and seals not long ago ......

 

up

 

bump

i started up the car and the white smoke doesnt have that sweet-coolant-burning smell

im really confused

when i washed the engine bay i sprayed degreaser all over the place, would it be some unwashed degreaser burning off ?? dont think so

HELPP !!!!

 

Have the exact same problem. My oil drain is fine and I am not losing any coolant either, we're in the same boat

The funny thing is, I also degreased my engine bay not too long ago Smoke was present before though so yea that can't be it. Bump for some more opinions!