Mechanical Problems & Technical Chat - 92 hatch smoking

my civic smokes only when braking and when at idle. When driving around its good. What can be the problem? oh, yeah the smoke smells also and is a white color.

make sure your brake lines aren't leaking or your master cylinder, sounds like brake fluid burning on the engine possibly.

ORIGINAL: armorman2001

sounds like brake fluid burning on the engine possibly.

Man, you made my day [sm=icon_rofl.gif]

To OP - it smells like what? And how did you manage to tell it smokes while braking and doesn't while not braking? Did you watch it from the curb? And how cold isi ti at your area now?

it smells like burning fuel, and when i start it up theres no smoke and then it gets worse and worse. Im thinking it might be the oxygen sensor. It pretty cold here like around 35-40s.

a few things
1. is the smoke coming out the tail pipe
2.is it smoking from the brakes
3.how many miles does it have
4. if the smoke is from the tail pipe what color is it

your carburator belt needs tighting

What?:eek:

I recommend Nicorette...seems to help things stop smoking[8D]

ORIGINAL: DXhatch
it smells like burning fuel, and when i start it up theres no smoke and then it gets worse and worse. Im thinking it might be the oxygen sensor. It pretty cold here like around 35-40s.
Sounds like running rich. Any CEL codes? How is your gas mileage?

yes the smoke comes out the tailpipe, its a blue/white color.
the engine has about 55k and the trasmission 222k
and yeah, i noticed my mileage is a little lower than usual

You are burning oil... Hope I didn't state the obvious there

i agree with brokenarmboy lol.

have u been checking ur oil does it keep getting low. ur not really going to notice it that bad going down the road. sit and rev the hell out of it

and watch the smoke or just hold it on about 2500rpm for a few min see how bad it smokes

ORIGINAL: DXhatch

yes the smoke comes out the tailpipe, its a blue/white color.
the engine has about 55k and the trasmission 222k
and yeah, i noticed my mileage is a little lower than usual
It's usually too early to burn oil at that mileage. You did not answer about CEL, so I'm asking this again: do you have Check Engine Light on? Other than 2 seconds after you turn the key.

nope there is no check engine light on