Lots of white smoke

[Eclipsing]

I have a 97 Gs-T and white smoke comes out of the muffler, and when I accelerate hard it pours out. Whats wrong?

 

[halik008]

if it's white smoke w/o bluew tint to it u have bad head gasket and burning up coolant...

halik

 

[Eclipsing]

It's only white, but theres a lot.

 

[draxus83]

humm i am having the same problom but i get a semi bluish tint every so offten any ideas ?

 

[Twizzle]

time to upgrade your turbo. PLEASE use the search button.... check your inlet for oil and outlet for oil

 

[halik008]

white= burning coolant need new head gasket

White w/ bule tint or gray= burning oil....can be number of things....

halik

 

[BOBS90TURBO]

Drive the car around for a while, untill it is good and hot and then go to the exhaust and take a plate and hold it up to the exhaust pipe and see if it is catching any wetness, if so taste it and if it takes sweet like antifreeze then you have a bad headgasket or a warped head, useualy you will notice a bad gasket, the car will idle like crap and most the time overheat and somtimes get water in the oil.

What he was saying about looking for oil in the turbo outlet elbow means the turbo is bad or going bad and can blow oil all inside your pipes, I know I just had it happen and I had over a quart of oil in my intercooler.

You also can have bad rings but most i've seen do not just go bad in a day or two, one way to sometomes tell is pulling the oil cap while at idle and see if you are getting any blowby(pressure out of the oil cap) Good luck and hope for the best(bad turbo).

 

[Eclipsing]

Is a head gasket expensive? Hard to change? Anyone know how to change one? Can a novice do it?

 

[draxus83]

depends on which one you go with the most $$ is around 110$ including tax from what i have seen and its not that its hard its just a bit time consuming and anyone can do it just read up in the VFAQS befor you rip into it ..

 

[luv2rallye]

Just white smoke out exhaust can either be a blown head gasket OR bad turbo coolant seals (you say you have a 97 GS-T). Make sure you figure out which before automatically jumping into a head gasket job.

 

[Eclipsing]

Cool thanks guys.

 

[HondaStalker]

Mine does this and its a fresh motor with probaly around 3K miles on it now, But its white sometimes, then other times it starts out white then changes over to a little blackish, But i think its cuz i'm running rich or its just gas, But ive noticed on different types of gas the smoking is different, try different gas and see what it does.

 

[saw wave analog]

my car did the exact same thing, the smoke was pure white but it smelled like oil, 20 seconds of pulling the intake hose off the turbo revealed massive shaft play and a pool of oil.. it was a dead turbo. supposedly synth oil smoke is a lot whiter than regular oil, ive heard that from a few guys and mine waas certainly white oil smoke.