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Why would an 85 Camaro with a '74 355 smoke white when you get on it but not anytime else?
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∙ 15y ago
white smoke is usually always antifreeze getting into the cylinder either through headgaskets or through the intake manifold gasket check your coolant for low level to know for sure.
headgasket going out or freeze plugs leaking sounds like oil leaking past the piston rings
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What can cause white smoke and gas spitting out the exhaust?
I know the white smoke would be caused by coolant, which would be leaking into the combustion chamber.
What would cause white smoke to come out of the tailpipe after the car sat for months?
White smoke is a symptom of a blown head gasket.
Why does your Briggs and Stratton emit white Smoke and burn oil?
White smoke is eaither a blown head gasket or you have water in the fuel system. This is not to be confused with flooding an engine and seeing white vapor coming out of the exaust in which that would NOT be smoke, it would be gas vapor's. If your burning oil, the smoke will be blue and smells of burnt oil.
Why would motor smoke?
Blue smoke? The end result of a tired engine. White smoke? Cracked head or bad head gasket.
Why would a 92 talon smoke when cold?
White smoke- steam? Only when cold - normal condition condensation
Why would a car smoke when it idles and stop running?
Blue smoke is oil burning, White is steam(water), Black smoke is unburnt fuel.
What would make 1993 s10 blaze smoke?
What color the smoke is makes a difference, blue smoke=engine oil, black smoke=excess fuel, white smoke=engine coolant.
Does too much oil cause white smoke in lawn mower?
no... for there to be white smoke there is water in your combustion chamber if there was too much oil it would be black smoke Black smoke is usually to much fuel and blueish white is oil. So yes it is possible that it is oil in the combustion chamber.
What is the k factor of vehicle smoke?
Depends on the smoke. White smoke from burning antifreeze would be a crack in the cylinder head or bad head gasket. Dark smoke would be burning oil from bad piston rings.
Why would white smoke suddenly pour out of exhaust in diesel engine after travelling for an hour accompanied by excessive revving of the engine?
The exhaust should be colorless. Smoke is created by an imbalance of the oil:fuel mixture. Black smoke is too much fuel (rich). White-blue smoke would be too much oil.
Why is white smoke coming caprice 1992?
White smoke usually indicates a water leak into the engine block. Blue or black smoke would indicate an oil leak. possibly pistons!! my 88 Monte Carlo did that
If the grass was not too high what would cause my lawnmower to bog down on thick grass and emit white smoke?
Could be that the lawn was wet and that the white smoke was actually steam.
