Great, Just Great

CrazyInBlack · 03-22-2007, 03:13 PM

decided that since my brakes were taking forever that i would clean the car up some. So I degrease the engine, i spray the valve covers and intake, wipe them off, then start the car. Then I start to notice smoke coming from the vents with the A/C off. So I walk around to the passenger side and there is white/gray smoke coming from behind the passenger head near the fire wall. So I blow the smoke out of the way but there is no way to see where it is coming from, so I cut the car off and the smoke stops. It smells like burning oil and not electrical. I am guessing it is either a bad valve cover gasket or head gasket. Is this common in this area?

Please note I have never had the car up to normal operating temps before so I have no idea if this is normal for the car.

QWKSNKE · 03-22-2007, 07:07 PM

are you sure its not coolant?

Can't figure out how oil smoke would be going through the a/c vents

SkurdalenFox · 03-22-2007, 07:55 PM

Qwksnke is right; check to see if it's a coolant leak.

Either one of the hoses to or from the heater core has a leak, or the heater core itself has a leak.

The smoke could be sucked in through the fresh air inlet in the cowl.

CrazyInBlack · 03-22-2007, 08:46 PM

hmm it did look like it was coming from those 2 tubes behind that head, and it did smell like burning coolant.

coupe · 03-22-2007, 09:18 PM

You probably knocked a chunk of caked oil/grease onto the header and it's smoking like an old Chevrolet now.

CrazyInBlack · 03-22-2007, 09:26 PM

I just hope my heater core is not bad, i have only heard bad things about that chore

Disney Lincoln · 03-22-2007, 10:55 PM

Yeah, it's a bitch!

Italian LX · 03-23-2007, 05:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disney Lincoln

Yeah, it's a bitch!

Straight and to the point!

CrazyInBlack · 03-23-2007, 05:28 AM

guess I will bust out my flash light and see if I can find the problem later

so now the brakes and smog pump delete are on the back burner

coupe · 03-23-2007, 07:34 AM

Brakes are more important than heater core. Just bypass the bastard and worry about it later...when you can afford to have someone else replace it.

03-22-2007, 03:13 PM	#1
CrazyInBlack Crusin... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Various Places in Middle AL Posts: 3,542	Great, Just Great decided that since my brakes were taking forever that i would clean the car up some. So I degrease the engine, i spray the valve covers and intake, wipe them off, then start the car. Then I start to notice smoke coming from the vents with the A/C off. So I walk around to the passenger side and there is white/gray smoke coming from behind the passenger head near the fire wall. So I blow the smoke out of the way but there is no way to see where it is coming from, so I cut the car off and the smoke stops. It smells like burning oil and not electrical. I am guessing it is either a bad valve cover gasket or head gasket. Is this common in this area? Please note I have never had the car up to normal operating temps before so I have no idea if this is normal for the car. __________________ Liberal education has nothing to do with liberal or conservative politics. Liberal education is the simple idea of a broad and well-rounded course of study in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and the arts. The overarching goal is to liberate the mind from ignorance and superstition.

03-22-2007, 07:55 PM	#3
SkurdalenFox Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 463	Qwksnke is right; check to see if it's a coolant leak. Either one of the hoses to or from the heater core has a leak, or the heater core itself has a leak. The smoke could be sucked in through the fresh air inlet in the cowl. __________________ Jim Last edited by SkurdalenFox; 03-22-2007 at 11:36 PM.

03-22-2007, 08:46 PM	#4
CrazyInBlack Crusin... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Various Places in Middle AL Posts: 3,542	hmm it did look like it was coming from those 2 tubes behind that head, and it did smell like burning coolant. __________________ Liberal education has nothing to do with liberal or conservative politics. Liberal education is the simple idea of a broad and well-rounded course of study in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and the arts. The overarching goal is to liberate the mind from ignorance and superstition.

03-22-2007, 09:18 PM	#5
coupe Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,313	You probably knocked a chunk of caked oil/grease onto the header and it's smoking like an old Chevrolet now. __________________ " If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. " - Albert Einstein

03-22-2007, 09:26 PM	#6
CrazyInBlack Crusin... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Various Places in Middle AL Posts: 3,542	I just hope my heater core is not bad, i have only heard bad things about that chore __________________ Liberal education has nothing to do with liberal or conservative politics. Liberal education is the simple idea of a broad and well-rounded course of study in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and the arts. The overarching goal is to liberate the mind from ignorance and superstition.

03-22-2007, 07:07 PM	#2
QWKSNKE 3v's are slow Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Here and There Posts: 17,152	are you sure its not coolant? Can't figure out how oil smoke would be going through the a/c vents

03-22-2007, 10:55 PM	#7
Disney Lincoln Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 290	Yeah, it's a bitch!

03-23-2007, 05:28 AM	#9
CrazyInBlack Crusin... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Various Places in Middle AL Posts: 3,542	guess I will bust out my flash light and see if I can find the problem later so now the brakes and smog pump delete are on the back burner __________________ Liberal education has nothing to do with liberal or conservative politics. Liberal education is the simple idea of a broad and well-rounded course of study in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and the arts. The overarching goal is to liberate the mind from ignorance and superstition.

03-23-2007, 07:34 AM	#10
coupe Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,313	Brakes are more important than heater core. Just bypass the bastard and worry about it later...when you can afford to have someone else replace it. __________________ " If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. " - Albert Einstein