White smoke for the 1st mile then back to normal

Anonymous · July 23, 2006, 17:54

White smoke is coming from my exhaust for the 1st mile then it goes back to normal.

The car hasnt got any pre-cats & everything else seems to be fine.

Apart from this the car seems to be running normal.

Does anyone knw what is causing this & what could the solution be?

Anonymous · July 23, 2006, 18:41

I had this on an old escort, it was the valve stem seals...

not sure if thats relevant to the '2 though! s:lol: :lol: s:lol:

Tem · July 23, 2006, 18:51

Is it white smoke or just steam? The latter is quite normal.

Try smell/taste it, does it seem sweet? Better watch out for your coolant level if it does.

Anonymous · July 23, 2006, 19:38

its definately white or grey smoke & it does smell kinda sweet

Anonymous · July 23, 2006, 21:31

what does it mean if im losing coolant excessively?

philster_d · July 23, 2006, 21:38

you have a coolant leak ?

*edit* oh i see not in general, your asking Tem, Sorry*

Is he saying coolant could be mixing with oil somewhere or getting into the engine

SteveJ · July 23, 2006, 21:43

Quote from: "MAZ"what does it mean if I'm losing coolant excessively?

Combined with the white smoke = failed head gasket or worse (cracked head / block etc s:(

s:( )

Tem · July 24, 2006, 00:16

Quote from: "MAZ"its definately white or grey smoke & it does smell kinda sweet

It sure sounds like coolant then. s:? :? s:?

Anonymous · July 24, 2006, 13:41

Today i had my m8 have a look at it n he said that that one of the cylinders is misfiring, its smoking heavy n that there is a knocking noise from the engine.
He also said that the engine mite need stripping.

Any clues on what could the cause be?

Anonymous · July 24, 2006, 14:06

Probably water in the cylinder, these are high compression engines that only have room for the fuel and air on compression, add water that can't be compressed it will make 1 poorly engine. Stop using it, get the head off and hope it's just a blown head gasket.

Anonymous · July 24, 2006, 18:11

the engine seems ok, its just smoking heavy for about the 1st mile or 2 then everthing is ok. but if your on a stand still n rev heavy it will smoke heavy again

Anonymous · July 24, 2006, 18:44

Still needs sorting. As your moving the water is being pumped around the system fast so is probably not going through the cylinder gap/crack, or not so much anyway. When it is sitting or ticking over the water is pumped alot slower and the pressure builds up then it finds it's way past the problem in your head/block/gasket.

You won't do it any favours leaving it and now if it's just a head gasket it is a relatively easy/cheap job. It will just get worse until the cylinder fills up with so much water the engine won't be able to turn over.

Good luck with it.