My friend has a 92 civic. when he runs the car a good amount of white smoke comes out. I know it is not oil since it does not have a bluish colering to it. The smoke also come out of the engine bay. Does any one have a clue. Ii righ now think its the header gasget.

 

what does it smell like? oil? coolant?

 

It does not smell at all like oil i know that but coolant yes.

 

its the headgasket probably then

 

Now he getting the car inspected would that come up on the inspection?

 

compression check and leakdown check would probably show this. also drain the coolant and look to see if there's oil in it, and drain the oil and check for coolant in it. if yes, you have a blown head gasket. or you could look under the valve cover for your oil having a milky color.

 

Sounds like Headgasket

 

Thanks for the input

 

usually coolent burn has the bluish color, oil is white, fuel is black....just my .02 keep us posted on what it is and good luck.

 

It ended up to be a coolent leak so now its fixing time