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bulldog
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got another problem
« on: Apr 4th, 2008, 3:56pm » |
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white smoke from exhaust.even when hot?
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scorpio_man
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Re: got another problem
« Reply #1 on: Apr 4th, 2008, 4:01pm » |
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on Apr 4th, 2008, 3:56pm, bulldog wrote:| white smoke from exhaust.even when hot? |
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head gasket? is there any white cream on the oil cap or dip stick?
when you say hot, how long has it been running for (miles)? outside temp, etc?
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Re: got another problem
« Reply #2 on: Apr 5th, 2008, 11:57am » |
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the white smoke starts at turnover,temp guage doesnt move never overheats.
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pete from Hull
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Re: got another problem
« Reply #3 on: Apr 5th, 2008, 10:27pm » |
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on Apr 5th, 2008, 11:57am, bulldog wrote:| the white smoke starts at turnover,temp guage doesnt move never overheats. |
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It will do when it gets worse... 
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Re: got another problem
« Reply #4 on: Apr 5th, 2008, 11:08pm » |
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I always thought white smoke was auto transmission fluid being sucked into the engine and burnt 
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Re: got another problem
« Reply #5 on: Apr 5th, 2008, 11:15pm » |
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As far as I know there is no way auto fluid can get into the combustion chambers - unless the radiator fails the the head gasket fails resulting in a mix of coolant and auto fluid getting burnt.
So either way, it pointas to a head gasket failiure.
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Re: got another problem
« Reply #6 on: Apr 5th, 2008, 11:59pm » |
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Mine went while flying at 85 on the M5 near tewkesbury, cost me 2 grand....
The white smoke (steam) enshrouded the full mway....
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Re: got another problem
« Reply #7 on: Apr 6th, 2008, 8:05am » |
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There is if it is a 12v the valve on the vacum side of the 12v's gear box can fail and suck ATF into the intake
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Re: got another problem
« Reply #8 on: Apr 6th, 2008, 4:45pm » |
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on Apr 6th, 2008, 8:05am, Snoopy wrote:There is if it is a 12v the valve on the vacum side of the 12v's gear box can fail and suck ATF into the intake
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Yeah - right on Snoopy, that's what I meant.
The vacuum diaphram can 'pinhole' and ATF get sucked up into the engine intake. Apparently doesn't take too long to empty the 'box and cause terminal damage.
Happened to me on a Mk2 Granada 2.8 Ghia - thankfully got it sorted before anything serious happened.
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Re: got another problem
« Reply #9 on: Apr 7th, 2008, 2:49pm » |
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i had an episode with white smoke, and juddering power. smoked more the hotter it got. garage wrote it off as head gasket. turns out it was a spark plug breaking down (new one as well!). one new spark plug cured it. best check all sparks/leads.
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