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Puff of white smoke from engine when starting.
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I've noticed that when I start my car, there is this whiff / puff of white smoke that emanates from my engine. It's very slight and very whispy, not continueous, just like a.... puff, as i said, when starting the car. At least, i believe it comes from the engine bay. Oil or something leaking? Do these symptoms sound related to anything? Car seems to run fine other wise. |
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White = coolant.
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Headgasket I thinks...white smoke is typical when the headgasket is broke...
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If it does it shortly and that's it (no power loss, overheating in traffic, etc) I'd say you might have a cracked head which allows coolant to leak down when she cools. No biggie, my XT6 has done that since I got it 50k ago and hasn't gotten much worse over that time.
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Is getting the head gasket fixed an expensive ordeal?
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It's probably NOT a cracked head. Cracking heads was a thing of EA engines. With an EJ engine you're going to blow a headgasket before you crack a head. That's not to say he has actually blown a headgasket. First confirm exactly where the smoke is coming from. Then you can diagnose it better, rather than just throwing parts at the car.
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Hmmm??? Not sure where that is coming from. I know of plenty of EJs that suffer the same fate (not a single one had a head gasket go either). It has just taken 'em time to get there (just as it did with the 82).
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Cracked heads? I assume you've seen these cracks. What heads were they, and where were they cracking?
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