02-14-2021, 09:56 AM
I get a white/ gray smoke from exhaust. I shut engine off.
it is super cold now outside,
the cold engine makes steam seen on all cars started cold , and more when cold outside.
but once the engine is full hot, no steam can be seen (its just too hot to see)
but on a blown head gasket (or the like) the water jackets vent water to the combustion chamber and steam happens at the tail pipe end no matter what.
watch your neighbors car see how long it takes their car to stop steaming at cold start up.
yours must be the time, time wise.
if the water jackets and Rad are 50% AF,
and you then sniff that exhuust plume.
if it smells nasty sweet that is , glycol smell, in the exhaust, and not good at all.
The tail pipe smells like burning oil that is what that is.
if not sure, take the dip stick and drip one drop of oil on the hot manifold and learn what your oil smells like.
sweet and nasty is GLYCOL (AF)
gas burns and makes H20 as by product of combustion(clean steam) but not GLYCOL, ever.
huge wreck in Dallas, 100+ cars. not safe here.
good luck to you !!!!
it is super cold now outside,
the cold engine makes steam seen on all cars started cold , and more when cold outside.
but once the engine is full hot, no steam can be seen (its just too hot to see)
but on a blown head gasket (or the like) the water jackets vent water to the combustion chamber and steam happens at the tail pipe end no matter what.
watch your neighbors car see how long it takes their car to stop steaming at cold start up.
yours must be the time, time wise.
if the water jackets and Rad are 50% AF,
and you then sniff that exhuust plume.
if it smells nasty sweet that is , glycol smell, in the exhaust, and not good at all.
The tail pipe smells like burning oil that is what that is.
if not sure, take the dip stick and drip one drop of oil on the hot manifold and learn what your oil smells like.
sweet and nasty is GLYCOL (AF)
gas burns and makes H20 as by product of combustion(clean steam) but not GLYCOL, ever.
huge wreck in Dallas, 100+ cars. not safe here.
good luck to you !!!!
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