Just bought a '98 GT and have noticed that it smells like it is burning rich. I have no exhaust smoke at startup but once it gets running there is white smoke. I first thought it was because it was cold outside (45° F) but I thought it would stop smoking after the engine warmed up. Any ideas??

 

white smoke... sounds like you bought a lemon... my guess the intake manifold is busted and your burning coolant.

 

is it actually thick white smoke or is is just steam?

 

I think it is just steam. It is not thick white smoke.

 

Pull the plugs and see how they are burning.

 

does the smoke have a sweet smell to it?

 

i have the same problem except that mine does it at startup too i think, and it is more than steam. you can smell gas pretty bad too. i crunk it up this morning and when i came back in my mom that i smelt like gas just from that short of time.

 

Plugs look OK. Just smells like on old Mustang that is burning too rich. I just realized that there are nocatalytic converters on the car (that's what I get for an Ebay purchase). Sounds good though.

 

The reason it smells like an old mustang is because old mustangs didn't have cats either So you're fine.