white smoke
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Outside of the Loop-ATL
Posts: 761
Total Cats: 1
white smoke
OK been that I can't remember what color smoke means what.
My car is starting to smoke, it mostly happens when leaving a light, I get a nice small cloud of smoke, big enough to notice but not a smoke screen. I just noticed it today that I was smoking, but my roommate mention seeing smoke when my car was idling last night. I figure it had to do with the cold motor. Well when I went to heel-toe into my school, I left a james bond cloud of smoke.
here is the know condition of the car:
there was an oil leak coming from the valve cover that I fixed(no more oil been sprayed on the valve cover and no more dips)
the coolent is basicly 85-90% water, due to just replacing a bad T-stat gasket and not realizing that the coolent bottle at my place where just water
the tail shaft seal is leaking on my rx7 transmission, I am replacing that hopefully next week(waiting on a check)
the oil pressure guage was reading just under 30psi when I pulled into the parking lot, I would say about 27-28psi.
the vacum gauge i believe was reading correctly but I will know more when I drive home after school
My car is starting to smoke, it mostly happens when leaving a light, I get a nice small cloud of smoke, big enough to notice but not a smoke screen. I just noticed it today that I was smoking, but my roommate mention seeing smoke when my car was idling last night. I figure it had to do with the cold motor. Well when I went to heel-toe into my school, I left a james bond cloud of smoke.
here is the know condition of the car:
there was an oil leak coming from the valve cover that I fixed(no more oil been sprayed on the valve cover and no more dips)
the coolent is basicly 85-90% water, due to just replacing a bad T-stat gasket and not realizing that the coolent bottle at my place where just water
the tail shaft seal is leaking on my rx7 transmission, I am replacing that hopefully next week(waiting on a check)
the oil pressure guage was reading just under 30psi when I pulled into the parking lot, I would say about 27-28psi.
the vacum gauge i believe was reading correctly but I will know more when I drive home after school
#9
If that were the case, it could be a warped head or bad head gasket. Next time its "smoking" at idle and you know it's not the normal vapor from a cold start, smell it to see if it has a very "sweet" smell to it. Coolant smells sweet, oil smells like something is on fire (think back to being behind my green car lol)
#11
Senior Member
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Outside of the Loop-ATL
Posts: 761
Total Cats: 1
If that were the case, it could be a warped head or bad head gasket. Next time its "smoking" at idle and you know it's not the normal vapor from a cold start, smell it to see if it has a very "sweet" smell to it. Coolant smells sweet, oil smells like something is on fire (think back to being behind my green car lol)
Leakdown test will tell you EXACTLY what's wrong as well as the severity of the problem.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
bigmackloud
Miata parts for sale/trade
19
01-08-2021 11:24 AM
StratoBlue1109
Miata parts for sale/trade
21
09-30-2018 01:09 PM
Johnny Tater
MSPNP
1
09-27-2015 12:38 AM
SuperSneakySecretSquirrel
Meet and Greet
5
09-06-2015 08:30 PM