I own a 1989 Civic Hatch Si. It just started this 2 days ago. if i turn the car on in the morning it will run jus find all day. When i shut it off for like 10 minutes and start it back up it will sometimes run like ****. and sometimes white smoke from the exhaust. The smoke smells like syrup. the car will clear out in a minute or so and run fine the rest of the day. Idk what the problem is. My brother said maybe a cracked head, but its not overheating or anything. anyne have an idea

 

Watch your coolant level over the next week or so. If it starts dropping, then you are burning coolant.

 

My crx was leaking coolant into the #4 intake runner. Thought it was a head gasket

 

How do i fix it??

 

I put a new felpro intake gasket kit on and that solved the problem.

 

im thinking it may be the manifold gasket.