White Smoke?

[StealthModifier]

ok so this afternoon i auto started my car. went out in my garage an messed around with a few things. my car was outside. but it sounded like a helicopter with the rumbling sound of the exhaust. i said thats strange maybe theres just a helicopter nearby. so i went to open the garage door an could smell gas. went to go look at my car an white smoke was pouring out of the exhaust. so i ran over an cut it off. after it was cut off the smoke was still pouring out for a good 15 seconds. i knew it was just a matter of time before something went wrong. my car has been spitting out black carbon for the past six months. i always thought it was jus runnin rich or somethin. so i first thought it was the head gasket. checked fluids an the coolant hasnt dropped any. an plus it would smell like coolant instead of gas. also my oil pressure is good. even tho it burns enough that i have to put 1/4 of a quart in between oil changes. so what do u guys think this is? maybe the engine block gasket or something?

[Igovert500]

white smoke is generally coolant. I'd check your oil for bubbles, and you coolant for yellow crap.

Excess fuel is black and oil is blue.

But the other things don't really point towards a head gasket leak...I dunno. So all your fluids are normal?

[StealthModifier]

coolant level is near the full mark. oil im assuming is good because i just had an oil change last week. but its a very strong gas smell coming from the pipes. so strong u can smell it about 25 feet away. ill take a pic here in a few of the smoke coming out

[StealthModifier]

now its more of a rotten smell rather than gas.

[sportsb4life7]

i went to look at a stealth and it had the same problem exactly.... i hope u figure it out

[StealthModifier]

a couple hours after those pictures i went to start it up to show my dad an see if he knew what was wrong. and it didnt smoke. but after about 10 minutes or so it started to smoke a little. he said he thinks it could be something like the timing being off?? but im gonna drive it around a little bit tomarrow an check to see if theres any significant drop in the coolant or oil level. but im taking it to my mechanic first thing monday morning. but some1 on 3si asked me about the compression. do u think bad compression would cause this?

[AutostradaVR4]

when i was shopping for a 3/s, i looked at one that was smoking sort of like that. The guy said it was the valve guide seals. i will add that this guy turned out to be a complete moron about the 3/s platform, but anyway, mayby thats a possibility?

[sportsb4life7]

when i asked someone on 3si about this they told me it could be the valve stem seals....he said its like a $90 fix when you do it yourself...

[StealthModifier]

an the heads gotta come off too eh? i jus drove it around the block a few mins ago an the check engine light kept comin on at low rpm. it was blowing a good amount of blue smoke during acceleration during the first few minutes then stopped. then would do it sometime if i revved it up.

[Igovert500]

Well I doubt it's valve seals, because the smoke would be blueish, and I have never heard of a rotten/gas smell associated with that.

Definantly pull the code for the check engine light. THat will tell you the issue alot quicker.

A rotten smell could be your cat going bad, it would smell like rotten eggs, and could cause smoke. Gas smell on the other hand, sounds like a gas leak, or an evap/charcoal canister issue.

[StealthModifier]

can they pull a code even if the light goes off?

[Igovert500]

yep, it's stored, as long as you didn't disconnect hte battery.

[StealthModifier]

its a valve stem leak. im gonna go ahead an change the timing belt since its due. i bet imma have fun on this one. i guess just mark the belt an cams that way i know exactly how to put it back on an transer the marks of the old belt to the new one. ill check on stealth316 an see what i come up with. lata

[StealthModifier]

OK. so i just replaced the valve stem seals, timing belt, water pump, power steering an a/c belts. put in new spark plugs an replaced the coolant. started her up an it smoked like crazy. id have to say about 10 times worse than the pics above.check engine light came on again so i cut it off. checked the code and its code 14- injector. says check harness and connector-injector coil resistance. so is any1 familar with this code??

[2old]

You mean code 41? I was googling it and it says 14 is throttle position sensor:

http://www.stealth316.com/misc/scanmaster3_manual_1.pdf

You probably have a injector that is stuck open... I am not sure how you would figure out which one (maybe while it's running start unplugging one injector at a time and see which one has the least disruption to the engine idle...)