White looking smoke please help?????

[TMUMMY]

Okay, well I noticed when I start my car in the morning about 5 minutes later it starts to blow white looking smoke from the muffler, now when I leave to go to work when I stop at a light I look in the mirror and it still smoke. Okay when I leave work in the afternoon there is nomore smoke well could someone give me a idea of what the problem might be??? . now this afternoon when I got home I looked under the hood and I seen some oil around the head and it looks like it leaks down to the turbo manifold. some please help me out here.



THANKS FOR ANY REPLYS

[BlackEclipse97]

lol well first of all how cold is it there???? and second of all SEARCH please! there are SOOOOO many of these same exact questions posted!

[joemathews]

If it is indeed white smoke, and not blue smoke, you are burning coolant somewhere. Head gaskets often cause this, but your turbo could be burning coolant as well...

[BlackEclipse97]

or it could be a simple thing that cars do on cold mornings until they get warmed up HOW COLD IS IT IN THE MORNINGS & DURING THE DAY WHERE YOU LIVE??? maybe in the afternoon the air was warm enough that you couldnt see the vapor any more not saying thats what it is b/c it might not be not but if its cold where you are then it could be

[BlackEclipse97]

"[This is] ...caused by water evaporating in the exhaust stream. Occasional puffs [are] usually from condensation in the exhaust pipes (especially in humid areas) or a water balloon up your stove-pipe. Continual white smoke [is usually due to] a warped head/head gasket and coolant entering your combustion chambers. If you're really unlucky, might be from a cracked head."

Some people have reported that high boost levels may promote white smoke, for some reason. Turning the boost down some cures the problem. This might be related to worn out seals on the turbo, which can leak oil into the exhaust. A bad brake booster can potentially let brake fluid into the vacuum line, which also produces white smoke.

[o*HeR()]

i have white smoke too and im pretty sure its a gasket