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Old Dec 27, 2007 | 05:34 AM
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About a month ago I stopped at a friends house and as I was leaving my car started smoking out the tail pie like crazy, I mean really heavy smoke it completely covered his house so we couldnt even see it. Its only a couple hundred yards to my house so I decided to attempt to get it home. After sputtering and jerking, I barely made it home and I shut it off. I let it cool down and I checked fluids all were good. I started it back up and no smoke it ran fine for about a month and then a couple days ago it started dumping it again and now wont stop. No signs of water oil mixture. but my radiator was really low. fluid on ground behind car. Not sure what color smoke sometime it looks white and sometimes bluish to me. pressure test was good. Any Ideas? My thought was head gasket but im no mechanic.
 
Old Dec 27, 2007 | 06:18 AM
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If the smoke is white and smells like antifreeze, it's the head gasket. As long as you didn't let the engine overheat you should be able to just replace the gasket and it'll be fine.
 
Old Dec 27, 2007 | 08:28 AM
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smoking colors:
blue = oil
white = water / coolant
black = raw fuel
 
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