ok i finally got the nut out of my oil pan, and bolted everything back up. so i go to start the car up, and it starts kinda rough and is really loud (woops, didnt change my downpipe gasket..)

then after a couple secs.. white smoke starts coming out in front of my engine and there is a little hint of it coming out my pipe. it smells kinda like plastic/rubber. so i get scared and turned it off.

im thinking im burning antifreeze because when i pulled my oil pan off for the nut, there was anti freeze in there. so i wiped it all off. im gettin really worried that my bottom end is fudged up.

the reason my head was off is because that 3 months ago, i misshifted and bent all 8 of my exhaust valves. but that shouldnt make for any anti freeze in my oil pan should it??? unless i may of screwed something else upp....

Any suggestions on what could be wrong? i will do a compression test prob this tuesday or so.. thanks in advance

 

did the smoke have a sweet smell like antifreeze?
is your oil a milky brown color?
maybe you have head gasket issues

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SKDRCR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did the smoke have a sweet smell like antifreeze?
is your oil a milky brown color?
maybe you have head gasket issues</TD></TR></TABLE>

sweet smell... i dont remmeber, its jus smells like melting plastic. i dunno abou the oil, i jus changed it out. i put a brand new head gaskt and torqued down to specs so i sould be ok.

 

dont be scared if u see a bit of smoke, as long as it sounds ok, and smooth just let her run tilll warmed up and see how she sounds. Smoke could be the oil ro coolant u driped everywhere when pulling thet head and ****. no biggie. but it should stop eventually too,

 

yea i found a bunch of antifreeze on top of my downpipe where it dripped from the block.. woops..

but if i was burning antifreeze, then it should smoke as soon as i start it right?


Modified by h22a4_dc2 at 6:30 PM 3/7/2004

 

No i think the engine would need to heat up for a second before it would smoke.

 

the smoke is probably just from the antifreeze on the downpipe. If it is idling rough I would check timing. First check ignition then check cam timing. I just did the same thing. It was such a terrible feeling to miss shift from 5th to 2nd gear going eighty. I bent all my intake and two exhaust.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Variable J &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the smoke is probably just from the antifreeze on the downpipe. If it is idling rough I would check timing. First check ignition then check cam timing. I just did the same thing. It was such a terrible feeling to miss shift from 5th to 2nd gear going eighty. I bent all my intake and two exhaust.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yea, i was goin 95 in 3rd and hit 2nd..

 

well i did my compression test.. about 175 across the board. not that great, but o well. fixed the exhaust leak, and now its running fine. it seems to have a problem with overheating. im not sure wats up.. i filled it up with antifreeze and it wont stop overheating.

ill drive around and it'll be fine, then the needle will just start climbing. i just replaced the water pump. the needle will be aabout 3/4 of the way on the guage, wen im at a stoplight, and when i take off it goes back down to a little less than the halfway mark.

it keeps doing this and im gettin relaly irritated. maybe the thermostat is screwed up?