my car smokes white and also little bit of water comes out from the exhaust pipe. Did a compression test but im not sure if i did it right and i only got 60 psi im not really sure if its the head gasket... i just dont want to be spending money on it so anyone know what's going on

 

does you oil look milky?? are you loosing coolant like its leaking or something but no leak...is it overheating?
Chris

 

does it smell sugary/sour? sure sounds like the head gasket is a likely possibility

yea what that guy said ^^^ lol

i shoulda mentioned that, i had a head gasket go on my mustang a year or so back

 

did the car sit for a little while??? sometimes after sitting u can acumulate moisture in the exhuast system and the car may smoke and shoot some water out of the exhaust for a few minutes.

 

well the motor been put in about 3 months ago. before i had it put in i had it sitting for about 4 months.It started smoking ones about month ago but it stopped. The oil is new i just did an oil change, and smoke smells like its burning i might have to do a leakdown test to see. but im going to change the PCV valve see if it helps

 

re-do your compression test, 60 psi is WAY low...like rings gone low...
when you do your leakdown test, make sure your in a QUIET enviroment so you can hear properly where the air is/isnt/could/might be leaking from...good luck!

 

well today i drove the car and it kinda stopped the smoke. i checked when the car was on and no smoke was coming out. What could that be ? like i said before i had this same problem but it went away.

 

can no one seee my posts or something.....

 

yea i see your post Socal b18

 

Next time you do a compression test make sure the motor is at operating temp and you have to be at WOT. pull the ECU fuse too so it doesn't spray fuel. You shouldn't have more than a 25 psi difference. Good luck if it ends up being your head gasket Its not too hard if you know what your doing

 

when i turn the car on there is no smoke but when i give it a big acceleration white smokes comes out along with water its a thin brownish color. ill post a pic or a vid in just a min. I want change the head gasket my self but ive never done it.

 

if you can read a haynes manual and have a decent idea of what your getting yourself into then have at it...just take your time

 

here is a pic of when my car is smoking... When i look at the smoke i see it white but on the pic it looks light blue
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you are burning oil my friend.

 

as soon as you fix your oil burning problem...you should fix your body kit...like...take it off maybe

 

did you recently buy this car? did you put the motor in, or did the pervious owner? jsut lookin at the bumper i feel its been abused. if your burning oil, and you re did the compress test and the numbers are still that low, you need to rebuild or swap.

 

i just got the motor put in about 4 months ago. so what could be the problem beside its burning oil ? some say head gasket or valve spring or Piston Rings... And yea the body kid bumber is coming off . it got hit and it left that big nasty hole.

 

first off....when you did your compression test please explain how you did it, because if you did it improperly then you will be misguided.

second when you get this "smoke" is the car cold or is it warm? what rpm does it appear, when you rev it or just at idle??

and last what motor do you have so we can give you an idea of what the compression should be

 

well im think i didnt do it right but i Took out all the spark plugs and put the hose from the gauge in each cylinder. the but i just cranked it and hold the key until i got a reading. but someone told me just to crank it 3 times so i did it wrong there. and the first time i just took out the one spark plug and when like that to each spark plug...and the smoke starts when i turn on the car when its cold but its not that much. then when then i rev it till 4000 RPM and more smokes comes out

AND i have the SOHC ZC

 

ok well the way i have done my compression tests are take the plugs out and hold the key cranking it for 5 cranks for each cylinder ... be sure to record your results as you do it and let us know

sometime on a cold startup and high rpms if it smokes it usually means valve seals but there is no reason to jump to conclusions so we will continue to diag your problem

 

i will give it another try. I rented the gauge from autozone. the mechanic that always works on my cars does it but charges 20 bucks and 150 to change the the whole head gasket and seals. but damn im broke right now. im eighter thinking of selling the car but not yet sure.

When the car is cold i turn it on and little bit of smoke comes out. But when i rev it up more comes out. not like too much.

 

all this stuff and you havent changed the oil??? oil condition and consumption can tell alot about an enginshealth.. like they said above if its milky prob. a HG....if it isnt milky then change your oil, put an exact amount of oil in your engine and begin to meter you oil consumption.

if you have a HG problem you will know, but first you have to know how much oil your burning

 

I did do the oil change but didnt change the oil filter as i cant take it off it really tight in there. And the car i havent been driving it. I dont want it to get more messed up as it is. i just put some LUCAS on there last night but i need to drive it

 

I seriously see white smoke...im uploading some videos right now

 

ok here are 3 vids when i turn on the car and after its warmed up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctn1nv5AA1Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AKurArYnxo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiFHjJMaCes