# WHITE SMOKE WTF?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [May 24, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564 "2011-05-24T17:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/1 "2011-05-24T17:20:03Z")
97 acura integra gsr smoking white after it shit for a while or if i rev it past 6k WTF is going on now I just replace the headgasket and hunts just put in a kms valve train with new valve sealsssss and its getting worse everytime i start it ---
**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/2 "2011-05-24T17:23:56Z")
Sounds like the dreaded unicorn in the exhaust manifold. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/3 "2011-05-24T17:25:09Z")
you fucked up the hg install somehow would be my first guess, or you didn’t bleed it correctly and it’s bad again. did you have the head surface checked/decked? ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/4 "2011-05-24T17:25:10Z")
What is that supposed to mean? I am fucking pissed as hell please no B.S ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/5 "2011-05-24T17:25:21Z")
white smoke? is it overheating or hunting at idle " revving up and down in a rythom " ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/6 "2011-05-24T17:25:59Z")
> [@FS: 1974 Fiat X1/9 Bertone](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1974-fiat-x1-9-bertone/42370/3): > > you fucked up the hg install somehow would be my first guess, or you didn’t bleed it correctly and it’s bad again. > > did you have the head surface checked/decked? Ya it was decked by hunts ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/7 "2011-05-24T17:26:26Z")
> [@Blue Screen of death](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/blue-screen-of-death/42477/4): > > white smoke? is it overheating or hunting at idle " revving up and down in a rythom " No not at all its running prefect ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/8 "2011-05-24T17:28:13Z")
using anitfreeze at all ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/9 "2011-05-24T17:28:22Z")
But it doesn’t smoke anywhere underneath 5k tho i don’t get it ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/10 "2011-05-24T17:28:48Z")
> [@Cartek ftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cartek-ftw/42441/6): > > using anitfreeze at all I dont think so ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/11 "2011-05-24T17:29:35Z")
well white smoke=steam=coolant soooo you’re burning coolant somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/12 "2011-05-24T17:31:09Z")
> [@Cartek ftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cartek-ftw/42441/8): > > well white smoke=steam=coolant > > soooo you’re burning coolant somehow. IT doesn’t smell sweet tho it smell like gas I forgot to add there is no O2 sensor in it ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/13 "2011-05-24T17:34:33Z")
when i first ran the car it was fine no smoke anywhere but i havent driven it cuz its not on the road now but then i when out and drove the car down the street and back a feww times and its smoking ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/14 "2011-05-24T17:34:41Z")
well unless your car is burning unicorn piss white smoke=water, it’s not smoke, it’s steam. if this is happening when the car is warm and not just cold, then it’s definitely burning coolant. ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/15 "2011-05-24T17:36:58Z")
fuck how in the fuck is the head gasket bad already i havent even driven it ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/16 "2011-05-24T17:39:08Z")
how many miles are on the car sice the head job ? ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/17 "2011-05-24T17:40:13Z")
> [@Can cops search your phone?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-cops-search-your-phone/42470/13): > > how many miles are on the car sice the head job ? like 2 miles ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/18 "2011-05-24T17:42:49Z")
most likely ya got coolant on the exh when ya did the head and its burning out of it . pretty common , also if no o2 sensor a slight rich condion with exsessive moisture can do that ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/19 "2011-05-24T17:44:40Z")
> [@best place to buy truck tires?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-place-to-buy-truck-tires/42473/6): > > most likely ya got coolant on the exh when ya did the head and its burning out of it . pretty common , also if no o2 sensor a slight rich condion with exsessive moisture can do that but its getting worse everytime i start the car ---
**Author:** ![Bizzle90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bizzle90](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bizzle90)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564/20 "2011-05-24T17:51:23Z")
I also forgot to add its dripping water out of the exhaust that doesnt smell like coolant I am so fucking lost ANyone think it might be the felpro headgasket that just shit the bed? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/white-smoke-wtf/258564.md?page=2)