white smoke

Drez

Drez

Cuban Drifter
Driver
well i got the car running i removed the cams to set the timing right and it starts and runs great... only problem is that it is shooting out massive amounts of white smoke..... i dont know what it can be now... i let it idleabout 2 minutes then drove it around for about 4 or 5 then let it idle for about another 10..... after i let it idle the smoke dies down but it still comes out... when i drive it looks like some james bond shit and i fill the whole street....


do you think it can be the thermostat... i thinking maybe its no opening and it causeing it to burn coolant... white smoke is coolant right.... theres no water in the oils so its not mixing.... but it comes out of the tail pipe.... any ideas would be great.....
 
Cars do not BURN COOLANT unless it is entering the compbustion camber. Sounds like possibly a bad head gasket.

Try this. When your car is cold take off the radiator cap and mkae sure you have coolant. If not filler her up. NOw with the cap off have a friend crank the motor/start it. If you see the coolant bubbling and going crazy from where the cap should go more then likely there is a bd head gasket causing compression to leak into the collant passages.

Or do a compression check. :bigthumbu
 
ummmm its a weird smell it doesnt smell sweet. it smells closer to oil more than anything..... im going to take a long shot and i put in some oil detergent and stop leak for the water im going to see if any of these reduce the smoke.... im going to change my oil in a week or so so i dont mind having this crap in there for a little while...
 
drez said:
ummmm its a weird smell it doesnt smell sweet. it smells closer to oil more than anything..... im going to take a long shot and i put in some oil detergent and stop leak for the water im going to see if any of these reduce the smoke.... im going to change my oil in a week or so so i dont mind having this crap in there for a little while...
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Figure out the problem before you put that junk in your motor!
 
problem fixed... wow i cant believe how simple it was.... i assumed that since the engine was sitting for a while that the oil had been drained prior to its removal... well i was wrong... yup thats right 8 quarts of oil in the ka.... thank god i found it before it caused much more damage... car runs great now... no smoke or anything.... all i need to do is set the timing just right.... its a little off because i can not find my timing light.....


if anyone has a timing light please let me know and i will go over to there house or met them somewhere so we can set my timing right.... im in the miramar area...... thanks guys for all the input... i guess ill se you all at towers on weds or at dd on friday....
 
i dont know how or where it held it but yead i had a big 4 quart bottle of oil and i was able to fill it up 2 times.... i had to know how much was in there.... thats not counting the half quart that maybe spilled out doing the whole thing..
 
seafoam time was about 3 hours ago... idles awesome right now and the engine is great.... changed the spark plugs to.... i really cant complain.... just set the timing to exactly where it should be and im golden (knock on wood)....


i dont recall what oil i used rick and theres no way to tell what oil was in it before... lets just say i good really lucky....
 
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