HEY,I HAVE AN EG CIVIC 1.5 NON-VTEC AUTO.THE PROBLEM IM HAVING IS IF I LEAVE MY CAR UNSTARTED FOR OVER A DAY WHEN I START IT, IT BLOWS WHITE SMOKE AND WATER COMES FROM THE EXHAUST.I HAVE TO KEEP THE REV'S UP TO AT LEAST 1000 OTHERWISE IT STALLS IF I DO THIS FOR ABOUT 15-20 MINS THE CAR IDLES FINE AND THE SMOKE AND WATER STOP.AHHHHHH WHATS GOING ON??????????????

 

HEADGASKET FAILURE OR A CRACKED HEAD.

BTW WHY ARE WE YELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

headgasket is the likely cause. may be a crack, but you need to pull the head to inspect.

 

does it sputter and **** when accelerating from a stop?

 

How much smoke is it?
A blown hg would smoke constantly. The dirty water is fine, my car does it too.the inside of your exhuast is dirty, so the water will be too

 

do a compression test. pull your plugs and see if you gots fluid in da chamba

 

Ok the smoke is only there when i eccellerate and stops after 15-20 min then you can drive around fine all day.same as the idle,its really rough for 15-20 mins then it slowly evens out and is fine all day

 

has it over heated? Or does it overheat?

 

No the temp always sits just under half way after it warms up

 

i think you should use a 4 gas analyzer and sniff the coolent for fuel cuz i think kangaroo's gave you civic a S.T.D ..... time for for a new engine

 

no really if you only get smoke at start up after setting for awhile your valve seal are prob bad and allowing oil to pool up in the intake runner intill the tip of the valve expans with heat and is able seal then the process repeats as i cools down

 

your an idiot. again i say.

When oil burns it burns BLUE
OP has WHITE SMOKE. MEANING COOLANT.
pull the plugs to see if they are mis colored. Most likely head gasket is gone.
also have you tuned the car up? meaning Rotor cap wires?

 

Just to add to this, if the HG is gone or worst case there is a crack somewhere it could just be a small minute crack... so once the heat builds up enough to expand the metal the "crack" might be sealing itself up... As stated above WHITE smoke = coolant figure out how it's getting in and you'll know what to fix.

 

this is my first car and ive only had it for 5 months so where is the best place to start looking for the leak?is there any common places for coolent leaks or any threads that can help me out ?i dont want to go to a mechanic i want to learn myself.

 

to check the leak you gotta pull the head off. search around the site im sure people such as yourself has had this problem before and wanted to fix there car.

 

THANKS.