white smoke out of exhaust...WHILE DOWNSHIFTING?!?!?

[flsupraguy]

Whenever I downshift white smoke comes out, its more of a cloud that "puffs" out. I have idle surge so maybe that has something to do with it. Also I have a 6 bolt swap so I'm using the baro mod to avoid a cel, random missfire. Maybe this is causing me to run lean?? I thought white smoke was when I'm running rich, I can sure smell gas coming out of the exhaust. Kinda lost right now, hopefully things will clear up once I get DSMLINK.

 

[Defiant]

I'll bet it's not all that white, and that you're sucking oil past the valve guide seals.

 

[flsupraguy]

So then it would be bad valve seals possibly? I was thinking maybe the turbo was going?

 

[mitsutuner]

True white smoke is steam, which is combusted water that most likely got into the cylinder via a leaky head gasket.

 

[flsupraguy]

Crap....so if it is a leaky headgasket how hard would it be to replace? Could I do it myself?