BATA

When I crank the car up it has a miss to it and smokes for a few mins before it stops. The smoke is white and smells like antifreeze. Initally I thought it was my intake because have an oil leak, but im pretty sure these are not the symptoms of an intake leak. However there is no water in the oil, and after its crunk for a second it runs like normal without any overheating. Any help???

95maroz28

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does the coolant seem to disappear? you could pressure test the coolant system

the_merv

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Sounds like it, it probably seeps into the Cylinder, then slowly burns itself out until it's gone.

BATA

Yep, within a matter of seconds the upper hose was swollen. Unfortunately im think'n this is what the problem is. So how hard is it to do?

the_merv

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How does the Oil look? Then we can give you a better answer..

BATA

Normal, normal royal purple.

dgcustomz

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Pressure test it. You can rent one at auto zone. Or that last I heard they did.

powerhousecamaro

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how hard replacing the head gasket is? depends how high you jack the car to avoid "Breaking" your back , or, depends how tall you are. Other than that it's nothing complicated really, did it few times on different LT1s, I still broke my back though, I hate how deep they go inside toward the firewall, so you have to always bend a lot to reach stuff. Good luck.

jarretthise

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could be your rings also!! does it stop after it gets warmed up?? exhaust leaks dont usually stop smoking