Posted By: Anonymous
white smoke - May 23, 2000 05:51 pm UTC
in addition to high idle, i'm getting some white smoke out of the tailpipe...sometimes there is some when its warm, sometimes no...i also get a minor burning smell from the engine(maybe unrelated)..is this definatly a sign of bad rings, or could it be build up from this replacement engine sitting on shelf for two years?
Posted By: Peter Meier
Re: white smoke - May 23, 2000 05:57 pm UTC
You could do a compression test to check for a bad head gasket. Bad rings means blue burnt oil smoke out the tailpipe, which is different than your problem.
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Posted By: Joel Cline
Re: white smoke - May 23, 2000 06:53 pm UTC
Get a compression test for sure to rule out the head gasket. Do you have oil in the coolant overflow? That's one telltale sign that the head gasket is blown.
White smoke, it could be that you have bad valve stem seals. My brother's car had this happen and it was burning oil, sometimes it was worse than other times.
What's the condition of the turbo, or is that blue smoke?
Posted By: Joel Cline
Re: white smoke - May 23, 2000 07:11 pm UTC
Bad rings would drop the compression of the cylinders as well, and if they were really bad you would be burning a lot of oil.
Posted By: Jazz S. Bola
Re: white smoke - May 25, 2000 08:06 am UTC
Doesn't white smoke indicate a coolant burning problem?