It's burning oil. Usually worn rings, oil sludge or carbon in the ring grooves or worn valve guides. The above answer is correct. However, excessive white smoke would indicate large amounts of water vapor in the exhaust possibly caused by a blown head gasket or cracked block. Check your oil to see if there is water in it. If there is, it will look milky on the dipstick. Another possibility My car had this same problem;and it was caused by a small black valve to the top of the engine that was cracked. Which caused the engine to suck air in. The air when mixed with heated oil you get "poof" white smoke.
You probably have bad rings. Not a cheap or easy fix. You should talk to a mechanic.
If that vehicle has a vacuum operated transmission modulator, that could be the source of the oil smoke. Check the level of the transmission fluid.
More than likely it is your oxygen sensor/circuit gone bad. Or Clogged, damaged, defective or faulty catalytic converter; Plugged or damaged pcv valve; Damaged or restricted exhaust system components; Restricted, loose or burned out muffler.
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It depends whether it is petrol or diesel...If its diesel and is black smoke there is nothing to worry about. If its white smoke it could be the head gasket going, or a fuel problem.
If its petrol it could be something a bit serious like a head gasket, exhaust, oxygen sensors or dirty injectors.
Black smoke usually means the engine is running too rich. The fuel/air mixture is incorrect. Blue smoke is oil burning.
What your probably seeing is water vapor, if it was gas it would mean your not fireing on all cylinders.
Smokemeter is an instrument used to measure the soot content or graphitic carbon of exhaust gases.
The unit of measurment is FSN (Filter Smoke Number) or paper blackening (PB)or soot concentration(mg/m3).
White smoke is normally just steam from condensation. however, it can also be a bad catalytic converter from burning oil. It is also caused by burning anti-freeze, which indicates a blown head gasket.
The engine is getting more fuel than your ingnition system can light causing raw fuel to be dumped into the exhaust.I would suggest you have a mechanic check for fuel injectors staying open,if that is not the problem have an analysis done on your ignition system to check primarily your spark.Make sure you get your vehicle checked as soon as possible,this is extremly dangerous.
Yes. Go to auto zone and have the codes read for free. And change the fuel filter.
Exhaust that are aftermarketed help your car bretha better because the are bigger and have less curving so this will allow the car possibly 1-2 mpg better on a tank if car is runnung properly.
It could DEFINITELY cause it, I am not saying that you can not modify your engine, Just keep in mind that an engine is an air pump, and The piston comes up to top dead center, (NOTICE THE USE OF THE WORD,DEAD) when the piston is down it has about as much volume as A drinking glass in the cylinder, When it is up, it has about as much as you would have in your mouth, NOT CAN HOLD, WOULD HAVE IN YOUR MOUTH WHEN DRINKING WATER,The TURBO CHARGER compresses the air BEFORE the engine gets it, So what would normally be equal to A GLASS of FUEL/AIR MIXTURE, Is now equal to A 2 liter bottle, When you "ADJUST" the pop off, Or really tighten it up, You do not let the EXCESS air escape before it hurts your engine, You definitely need to "READJUST" the pop off, at least A littly, KEEP IN MIND, you may have already broken rings, or piston, or bent rods, or blown headgasket, For your sake I hope not,REALLY GOOD LUCK, Jamison
Flames will come from the exhaust when raw gas enters the exhaust then ignites. run computer codes for the engine to look for a problem causing the gas to not burn completely.
sound like i had the smae problem.... it sounded like something was jammed in there like a wrench or something.. and the sound just came when i accerlated... turns out i have a clogged catalytic converter..
sounds like it could be your oxygen sensor. If it was me I'd replace it. If you smell a strong odor of gas, it could be your MAP sensor. You might also have a bad pickup in the distributor. Good luck.