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Jack The Ripper 08-09-2006 01:35 PM

Car is smoking.
 
Hey,

So around noon i went to check my mailbox which is down the street. i drive down and romp on it. I get back my roomate tells me there was white smoke coming from my exhaust.

So i start the car up and have him rev the engine, sure enough there is white smoke coming out of my driver side tailpipe.

think im running lean? if so, how do i correct that?

Mods-
K&N FPIK CAI
Motive 4:10
Catback, no mufflers
Diablo Sport tune

zigzaggthefag321 08-09-2006 01:39 PM

white smoke every time I have seen it has meant coolant mixing with oil then getting burned inside the engine. My t-bird used to do that and that was the culprit.

PureStang 08-09-2006 02:55 PM

oo noooo!!! jacks car is jacked!!! haha..jk...

yea...as zig stated..sounds like u gotta leaky head gasket!!

Blk02stang 08-09-2006 03:08 PM

Have you checked your oil recently?

r3dn3ck 08-10-2006 10:11 AM

could be condensation in the exhaust system somewhere but I'm inclined to go with the others and say probably have a HG about to fully uncork itself.

Teal_Beast 08-10-2006 10:22 AM


Originally Posted by r3dn3ck
could be condensation in the exhaust system somewhere but I'm inclined to go with the others and say probably have a HG about to fully uncork itself.

time for ported heads.

spike_africa 08-10-2006 10:47 AM

white smoke is water/coolante evaporating. could be condensation could be gasket. drive it for awhile let the pipes get nice and hot and see if it still does it, if it does its not condensation as that goes away once the motor is warm as well as the exhaust.

Jack The Ripper 08-10-2006 01:25 PM


Originally Posted by Blk02stang
Have you checked your oil recently?

Yup. changed 1000 miles ago, checked it yesterday. oil is good...

Jack The Ripper 08-10-2006 01:25 PM


Originally Posted by spike_africa
white smoke is water/coolante evaporating. could be condensation could be gasket. drive it for awhile let the pipes get nice and hot and see if it still does it, if it does its not condensation as that goes away once the motor is warm as well as the exhaust.

Its only there when i romp on it...

stevemainian 08-10-2006 03:02 PM


Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper
Its only there when i romp on it...

uh oh.

r3dn3ck 08-10-2006 03:04 PM

yeah...that's never a good sign.

Saleen S330 08-10-2006 06:00 PM

yea....white smoke is really never a good thing, and it happens when you romp on it...crap.

Has your coolant level changed? could be a small leak, somewhere crossing over getting into a piston or two and white smoking it out. man that sucks.

Jack The Ripper 08-10-2006 06:03 PM


Originally Posted by Saleen S330
yea....white smoke is really never a good thing, and it happens when you romp on it...crap.

Well, the good thing is the car is still under warranty.

My mods include K&N FPIK, 4:10's(which they wont see), Exhaust (which isnt a part of the problem) and Diablo tuner (which i can throw the stock tune on) and springs and rims and such.

Nothing really done to the engine.

So, i dont think i will have any trouble getting it fixed under warranty.


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