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Old Mar 5, 2003 | 04:17 AM
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hello to all..
the problem started yesterday...
turned the car on went for spin, and as i went WOT, a cloud of smoke plunged out of the exhaust... it did it at each gear when i floor it, its not your common car is cold smoke... its a lot of it.... dunno what it could be.. car is not overheating.. i just dunno.. can some one give me their opinions..
yours truly
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Old Mar 5, 2003 | 04:56 AM
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Old Mar 5, 2003 | 05:48 AM
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White smoke (steam)? Black smoke? Does it smell like anti-freeze? What do your spark plugs look like?
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Old Mar 5, 2003 | 05:59 AM
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dude, its white smoke, alot of it too......... i think i fucked p and put too muck oil, the other night, i checked oil and it seemed too low, i put 4 qtz. i checked it yester day, and its wayyyyy over the max line.. u think that could be the reason..?
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Old Mar 5, 2003 | 06:33 AM
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You added 4 quarts??? Jesus, how low did it seem? You definitely over filled you oil, but that doesn't seem to be what is burning. If the smoke is "white", that is a sign of burning coolent.

check you coolent reservor too. Check to see if it is low, or going down. Also check to see if it is getting mucky, dirty, or thick (could be getting oil into your coolent). And check to see if you oill looks like a "milk shake" color at all, and if there is an whitish residue on your oil cap or dip stick (could be getting coolent in your oil). And as someone stated earlier, check to see if your plugs are wet.

If any of these are true, you could have a leaking/blown head gasket, and you are burning coolent to produce that hugh cloud of white smoke.
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