03-22-2007, 03:13 PM | #1 |
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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.
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03-22-2007, 07:07 PM | #2 |
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are you sure its not coolant?
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03-22-2007, 07:55 PM | #3 |
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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.
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03-22-2007, 08:46 PM | #4 |
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hmm it did look like it was coming from those 2 tubes behind that head, and it did smell like burning coolant.
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03-22-2007, 09:18 PM | #5 |
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You probably knocked a chunk of caked oil/grease onto the header and it's smoking like an old Chevrolet now.
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03-22-2007, 09:26 PM | #6 |
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I just hope my heater core is not bad, i have only heard bad things about that chore
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03-22-2007, 10:55 PM | #7 |
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03-23-2007, 05:21 AM | #8 |
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03-23-2007, 05:28 AM | #9 |
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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
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03-23-2007, 07:34 AM | #10 |
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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.
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