is white smoke always the head gasket?

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Old 04-22-2004, 03:42 PM
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it smokes sometimes on take off and its getting worse
Old 04-22-2004, 04:09 PM
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Default Are you losing coolant? Have to refill often? Is it under high pressure?

White smoke is water being "burned". Blown, head gasket, cracked head, cracked block.

Lots of times, it is just condensation, but you don't see that in warm weather or after the car heats up.

Water leaking into the cylinders gives you constant white smoke.
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not losing coolant, and it happens when its warm out
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could be seeping
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Does the smoke smell sweet? Like burnt caramel?
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Default bad spark plugs, plug wires....

If you're not overheating it's probably not the headgasket or cyl. walls.
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i am not overheating ever
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I say seeping. I bet you have the occasional hot start problem?
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Default what is this hot start problem? i only get smoke coming out on take off usually, i know its not oil

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WHAT DOES THE SMOKE SMELL LIKE


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