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benefitx · 08-20-2007, 10:54 PM

ok so ill be driving my car , no smoke...as soon as i come to a stop , there will be white smoke everywhere...sometimes its thick sometimes not...its getting progessively worse i think...

i dont think its the headgasket because i have a cometic...

turbo going out? running rich? dont know...

also my car shakes like hell at speeds of like 45-60, its unbearable...allignment maybe? new tires?

DP_Michelle G · 08-21-2007, 09:50 AM

white smoke is always coolent if it was the turbo it would be blue.

Isnt there a thread on here about how the cometic gaskets suck on the SR'S?

08-21-2007, 09:55 AM

sounds like the headgasket, because when you come to a stop and its building up...Yet I have never had a problem with cometic head gaskets..have installed 6 including my own car on sr's 1 on my s2000 and 1 on a 500whp civic...

As far as the vibrations check all of your front suspension...tie rods,tension rods ect..

Diabolical · 08-21-2007, 10:46 AM

I get smoke like that through my AC sometimes I dont really know what it is but it stops really quickly.

When I first got my car the wheel would shake like crazy after 60mph I got the front end realligned and it stopped.

SignalAutodrifter_D · 08-21-2007, 02:57 PM

i have this same problem and i am trying to figure out if its head gasket or valve seals....

when i drive no smoke...when i stop white clouds come out!

and i have a cometic...but i havent heard anything bad about them....

240meowth · 08-21-2007, 03:04 PM

i only know white smoke means lean, black smoke means rich, blue smoke means burning oil.

08-20-2007, 10:54 PM	#1
benefitx Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: suwanee ga Posts: 670 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	White smoke at idle? ok so ill be driving my car , no smoke...as soon as i come to a stop , there will be white smoke everywhere...sometimes its thick sometimes not...its getting progessively worse i think... i dont think its the headgasket because i have a cometic... turbo going out? running rich? dont know... also my car shakes like hell at speeds of like 45-60, its unbearable...allignment maybe? new tires?

08-21-2007, 09:50 AM	#2
DP_Michelle G Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Anaheim/OC Age: 42 Posts: 666 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	white smoke is always coolent if it was the turbo it would be blue. Isnt there a thread on here about how the cometic gaskets suck on the SR'S? __________________ BC RACING COILOVER REVIEW

08-21-2007, 03:04 PM	#6
240meowth Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: torrance, ca Age: 41 Posts: 2,407 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	i only know white smoke means lean, black smoke means rich, blue smoke means burning oil. __________________

08-21-2007, 09:55 AM	#3
used240sxparts Guest Posts: n/a	sounds like the headgasket, because when you come to a stop and its building up...Yet I have never had a problem with cometic head gaskets..have installed 6 including my own car on sr's 1 on my s2000 and 1 on a 500whp civic... As far as the vibrations check all of your front suspension...tie rods,tension rods ect..

08-21-2007, 10:46 AM	#4
Diabolical BANNED Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 97 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I get smoke like that through my AC sometimes I dont really know what it is but it stops really quickly. When I first got my car the wheel would shake like crazy after 60mph I got the front end realligned and it stopped.

08-21-2007, 02:57 PM	#5
SignalAutodrifter_D Zilvia Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 195 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i have this same problem and i am trying to figure out if its head gasket or valve seals.... when i drive no smoke...when i stop white clouds come out! and i have a cometic...but i havent heard anything bad about them....