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11-19-2011, 04:10 PM

loaded6shooter

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Help Diagnose Smoke (video)

So my jeep has a 5.0 out of a 93 and it had overheating issues during the summer. my fan clutch was shot and replacing that with a new fan seemed to help out a lot. now i got white smoke out of the exhaust that becomes thicker as the car warms up. thoughts?

11-19-2011, 05:39 PM

mustangGT86_05

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White "smoke" is moisture vapor, so itd be coolant, it is probably a blown hg and as it heats up the leak area expands. Just to note if it looks bluish/greyish it will be oil.

11-19-2011, 08:41 PM

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does it smell sweet?

11-19-2011, 08:50 PM

tbar

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Sounds like head gasket to me.

11-19-2011, 08:55 PM

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Probably wrecked the head gasket when it overheated

11-20-2011, 04:18 PM

loaded6shooter

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Originally Posted by AdderMk2

does it smell sweet?

it smells gasy honestly. and i just changed the oil and it was clean. coolant appears clean too.

how do i go about testing for head gasket failure? and what am i looking at repair wise, dont really have the time to be doing it myself, or a garage.

11-23-2011, 06:37 PM

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If it smells gassy, you might check your fuel pressure regulator. When mine failed, I had white vapor from the exhaust and I thought I had blown a head gasket. The engine ran crappy though.