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#1
06-25-2007, 05:12 PM
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Hmm
About how many miles before the head gasket goes in our cars?? fellow 99 cavalier peeps...
I am getting an increasing ammount of White Smoke in my exhaust... It appears when I am coming to a stop or leaving a stop. Maybe it's just because the car isn't moving so it isn't accumulating. I really hope it's not my head gasket....  I hope it's just like... oil burning in the exhaust or something....
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#2
06-25-2007, 10:08 PM
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Re: Hmm
what about the header wrap? you think it could trap moisture in? ....why the hell would it be continuous.... nevermind, please someone comment I am out of ideas!...
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#3
06-26-2007, 01:28 AM
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Re: Hmm
you pretty sure it's not oil (blue/white smoke)?
White smoke itsn't necessarily a bad sign, it depends on how much. Is your antifreeze dropping? Try holding your hand or a paper towel or something up to the tailpipe - you should be able to tell fairly easily if it's antifreeze. It'll smell like someone's cooking up some flapjacks.
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#4
06-26-2007, 01:46 PM
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Re: Hmm
yeah antifreeze will have a "sweet" smell to it.
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06-26-2007, 02:04 PM
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Re: Hmm
I think I might have found something...
    Shitty... could this cause the smoke or do u think it's something else like my head gasket...
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#6
06-26-2007, 08:32 PM
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Re: Hmm
time to break out the old trusty compression tester.
How many miles on her?
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#7
06-26-2007, 09:21 PM
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Re: Hmm
Just broke 100,000
 I don't have a compression tester lol
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#8
06-26-2007, 11:48 PM
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Re: Hmm
you can also check your spark plugs to see whats going on.....
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#9
06-27-2007, 01:02 AM
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Re: Hmm
So, you have an exhaust manifold that has a crack in it, and a smoke problem. I don't know what the solution is, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that the cause was pushing the grandma car way too hard.
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#10
06-27-2007, 04:58 PM
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Re: Hmm
negative
I baby my baby... I've had problems with the intake pipes coming out of their couplers under boost, so I try to stay out of boost... until I can get some decent intercooler pipes
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