lots of white smoke!!
28 July 2008, 02:50 PM
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lots of white smoke!!
can you help my friend?? he is looking at a bumped 55 plate wrx, engine runs spot on, no leaks, no knocks... the oil is JUST showing on the dip stick.... on tick over there is a little white smoke, NOT steam... when booted it is in his words lite a Bond car, huge white clouds!! any ideas? the car is not badly priced, but needs to be a cheap ish fix.....
28 July 2008, 03:20 PM
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diesel wouldnt give you whilte smoke mate, it would be black.
white smoke is steam, mixed with exhaust, it would point to the headgasket.
Take the oil filler cap off and see if its very white on th einside of the cap, when the engine is running, feel the water pipes, if they are rock hard then they are being pressurised by the engine, which is bad.
The only other thing i can think of is to get a compressino check done.
It sounds bad to me mate, any smoke except a bit of brown on hard acceleration would put me right off.
Mike
white smoke is steam, mixed with exhaust, it would point to the headgasket.
Take the oil filler cap off and see if its very white on th einside of the cap, when the engine is running, feel the water pipes, if they are rock hard then they are being pressurised by the engine, which is bad.
The only other thing i can think of is to get a compressino check done.
It sounds bad to me mate, any smoke except a bit of brown on hard acceleration would put me right off.
Mike
28 July 2008, 03:43 PM
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no, been through all the usual head gasket checks.... nothing!! its not, NOT steam... doesn't evaporate, just keeps going up like a chimney!!!
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Actually, yes, thinking about it, sorry, when my turbo seals on the mr2 went it chucked white smoke like no tomorro, especially on idle.
apologies for that, my mistake!! glad i was corrected though!
apologies for that, my mistake!! glad i was corrected though!
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