WTMF Grey/White smoke?????

[aqwkmf]

im pissed....my s13 is belching out white/grey smoke at idle....it doesn't have a bad smells smells like normal exhaust but its damn thick smoke. when reving up some it gets worse...what could it be? oil is good. coolent is good. no warning lights. heat guage is slightly below half way as usual. what could it be? arggg

[onebadm5]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (aqwkmf @ May 09 2002,4:30)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">im pissed....my s13 is belching out white/grey smoke at idle....it doesn't have a bad smells smells like normal exhaust but its damn thick smoke. when reving up some it gets worse...what could it be? oil is good. coolent is good. no warning lights. heat guage is slightly below half way as usual. what could it be? arggg</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
oil smoke is usually blue, and it stinks.

white smoke is probably coolant that's entering the cylinder/combustion chamber, as a result of a leaking head gasket.

if it is sweet smelling, than its coolant. good luck <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'>

[aqwkmf]

woops sorry i posted in the wrong forum i was so pised..... anyway....it happend right after pumped out 1st gear... so it could be the head gasket?

[gwong]

I'd assume it's a bad headgasket or worse--- a warped or cracked head.

[drifterx]

mine does the same thing but it does go away after driving it.....when i start it up it is pretty a pretty quick flowing exhuast and then i rev it before driving the smoke becomes overwhelming and when i floor it pulling out into traffic i can see smoke out of my rear view mirror...... but it does go away after driving.... so i wonder what it is also.....
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[boosteds14]

in order to find out what is really wrong here is a mandatory list that is needed to find the problem:

check compression--low or loosing compression can be from blown headgasket, worn piston rings
check spark plugs--black or white or gunky looking can be from blown head gasket, worn pistons, worn valve seals
check oil---grey color or even a milky look to it can be from a blown head gasket, water pump, timing chain cover leak

these will help u

but from past experience it is problaby a blown headgasket

jeff

[aqwkmf]

awww that sucks....well lucky i got a 3 month warrenty so......

what would it cost to have a head gasket fixed anyway?

[mrdirty]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (aqwkmf @ May 10 2002,10:33)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">awww that sucks....well lucky i got a 3 month warrenty so......

what would it cost to have a head gasket fixed anyway?</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
head gasket removal and installation is pretty straight forward; I've never done the ka but have participated in a few POS vans <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

Hey, what about rusty spark plugs? I've never seen reference to it before...

[sykikchimp]

a leak down test will tell you where it is leaking from.

[240meowth]

gray smoke and smells like shit means you have engine oil in the exhaust (trust me i know this, i tried to failed the smog test on my camry... well, it's smoking too much and too ovbious, so i'm not smoggin it anytime soon)

but white smoke usually means you are running lean. &nbsp;that's all i know about smoke...

[misnomer]

Uh, yeah, what he said.

Headgaskets are cheap, 30-50 bucks. It isn't the easiest thing to install, though, so anticipate a good chunk of labor pay.