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Jan 22, 2019 | 09:09 PM

juniorz28

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White Smoke

White SmokeHows it going so about 3 months ago i finally got my car running again after being down for 1 year. So I did a radiator flush and changed the oil after 2 days i started noticing some white smoke coming out of the exhaust ( heavy smoke) so i thought i had a bad head gasket, maybe water was going through the exhaust valves which was causing the smoke. So i replaced the passenger side gasket as I'm taking out the spark plugs i noticed oil in them, BTW the head gasket was bad which i hoped solved the issue. after a day of running it same white heavy smoke came out of exhaust again, CAR has 139K miles on it Im thinking its bad piston rings? I'm hoping to solve this issue ASAP any info or any of you guys have dealt with this issue pls feel free to share. thanks
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Jan 22, 2019 | 09:52 PM

bammax

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From: Winter Haven FL

White smoke is burning coolant. Check your other head gasket.

Jan 22, 2019 | 11:03 PM

jetech

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Do a cylinder leak down test. It will point you in the direction of the failure

Jan 24, 2019 | 02:46 PM

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are you loosing coolant?
are you losing oil?
Excessive oil can also be white/bluish
and cold weather will obviously put out white steam too

Got a video?