white smoke

hi started my car up let it idle for a bit till it warmed up then revved her abit iv got injector cleaner in. but there is white smoke coming from the exhaust stinks cant say what it smells like? now iv read that it could be the head gaskett. what do u think? its a 1.6 bravo

I had this when i had the red stilo and sorry Shaun it was the head gaskett that was gone :x

from what i can membaBlack smoke = Engine (big trouble) Blue smoke = Turbo (but n/a) White smoke = Head Gasket Could be wrong tho..Id keep checking your water level mate and also keep check in your oil cap for any mayo substance. (water mixed with oil )

white smoke is headgasket....not good pal not that hard to change thou aslong as you have a good torque wrench. im assuming you will have done a headgasket before with all your messing about with cars lol.

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SWR_Fez1wlesl1q]white smoke is headgasket....not good pal not that hard to change thou aslong as you have a good torque wrench. im assuming you will have done a headgasket before with all your messing about with cars lol.[/quote:1wlesl1q] yeh did one on the megane...damn... will need to spend more money now need to sell my body haha

White smoke is water burning. so be head gasket. Some times on all cars you get water / condensation build up in exhaust and ths causes steam when revved a little. Brown carbon out of exhaust that would be the injector cleaner working or in a skyline case at over 1 bar boost its normal. Blue smoke is oil burning most likly a turbo worn out. Black smoke could be anything from engine furbarred to just the pipe come off from throttle body so ecu and maf are not getting right readings.

Shaun use the little tub of magic copper water first "CarGo SealUp" about £8-10 from most motor factors its worth ago pal as it will save you money and is a perm fix.... saving a good few hundred quid.... otherwise start stripping and im sure after all this time you dont want to do that......... Give it a go...it sealed the crack in my head and i have had no probs since just follow the instructions on the bottle to the T and see what happens....

i didnt know you could buy things for like broken head gaskets etci knew there was radwell for ya radiator but i thought that was it...Ill take note incase i ever need it one day

Aye you get your car to running temp then pour it into your cooling system go for a few mile run in the car is the best bet but you could just let it tick over at 2500rpm a bit leave over night drain the cooling system and renew all coolant and antifreeze. The cooper under extreme heat expands and seals cracks in the head and gasket worked for me... no more coolant leak from head whoppee!

cool 8-)