White smoke is usually caused by burning antifreeze. Check oil level in engine, If creamy color or level is higher than normal then you are getting coolant into oil. Borrow a radiator pressure tester from local parts house like auto zone or Oreilly's and apply pressure to radiator. If pressure goes down then you have possible head gasket leak or crack in head or crack in block.
White smoke burning coolant blue smoke is burning oil. Check radiator for oil coolant mixture if so bad you have a blown head gasket or cracked block
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Hello!
There are two differnt reasons for black and white smoke coming from the tail pipe.
Black smoke means fuel runs rich (car getting to much gas). Check fuel pressure/air filter.
In some cases the white smoke means car is burning oil or transmittion fluid. Have tem checked/replaced.
If you can feel a smelly smoke it can be catalytic converter.
In a worsest scenario if car blowing white smoke it can be engine coolant is getting into an engine cylinder from a bad head gasket ,or a warped/cracked head. So you need to keep your eye on coolant level and check your engine for overheat. Also might be good to check your oil for traces of coolant (on a dipstick it would be a milky substance mixture of oil and coolant).
Good Luck
SOURCE: sputtering during idle blue smoke
You are burning oil, causing the blue smoke. It is mainly cause by worn piston rings. Also will coat your spark plugs with oily residue. Try an oil additive such as "stop smoke" or another such brand to reduce burning your oil and it may recondition your seal sand stop it all together.
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diesels are not known to be high revving engines to begin with, anyways, it sounds like your turbo is malfunctioning, get it inspected or repaired
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SOURCE: 1999 mitsubishi montero sport white smoke
the weakest link from water entering engine is intake manifold losing its torque. their are four water ports right next to valve ports. two in front two at rear of intake manifold. they warp fairly easy.so check before re installing
i believe the engine is running too lean as if it was running too rich it would blow black smoke If it was blue smoke it is oil related eg valve stem seals,valve guides and or piston rings all of these things will create blue smoke if one of the above is worn out
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no oil in the water and no water in oil
That's a good thing. The smoke is caused by coolant getting into combustion chamber and burning. Could be a head gasket or something internal. Need to take car to a good mechanic and have looked at
it's not using water though
The water usage might not be enough to notice anytime soon. This is what happens when car is not running some coolant leaks into the combustion chamber of one or more plugs when vehicle is started it burns up or at least it should. If it continues to smoke for some time after you rev it probably have something more serious. I am only a home mechanic. I would suggest you take it to a repair shop and have it looked at. I still think head gasket, cracked block or warped head. Being you don't have fluid crossover just white smoke you could try a head gasket fix the one add to oil
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