Excessive White Smoke from Saxo!!!

[Monotone]

I have alot of white smoke from my car and smells a bit burnt ?!

Any ideas as i'm paranoid as fook now!!

Had to happen on payday eh....


Thanks for any suggestions.:hug:

[devilsadvocate]

Head Gasket mate, sounds like. White smoke is usually antifreeze/coolant that has leaked into the cylinders through a crack in the head gasket and is being burned with the fuel.

Check around the head for leakages and get a compression test done by a garage to confirm if its the head or not.

[Barry123]

its cold outside, its going to look like that.

edit: sorry im in one of those moods.

mods delete (me)

[Jay_uk]

it may be condensation in the exhaust, does it tend to do it all the time? or just from cold?

but yes get a compression or a sniffer test done at a a garage to confirm it

[Hanuman]

i find the shape of the vtr gives out alot of fumes think its either the quite wide shape of the exhaust or maybe coz the end of mine looks rusty so maybe this aswell

[dan-t]

do normal checks i.e. water in the oil or oil in the water? or does the water in the radiator smell of petrol? check for mayonaise like gunk on the filler cap etc, if its belowing out your temperature guage should be off the scale and the car wont be running properly

[theshrew69]

If its all the time prob head gasket. It will do from cold tho until the engine gets warm

[leeroybrown]

Sounds like the head gaskit

Check to see how hard all the rad pipes are

[KamRacing]

get a good sniff.. if they smell sweet sickly, then its burning coolant.

(careful not to burn your lips on the exhaust.)

a compression test would identify a head gasket leak.