Why do I have white smoke coming out of my engine?
Oil and/or Coolant leak: If the oil/coolant leak drops either fluid on the engine from a small leak, you’ll get lots of smoke. Oil based smoke is usually blue and smells like oil. Coolant smoke is usually white like water vapor and has a sweet smell. Look for a puddle on the engine or under the car to find the exact site of leak.
Why does the exhaust smell like burnt oil?
The exhaust will also have a burned oil smell. If the white smoke is coolant, your car is definitely having a crack in the cylinder head or a leaky head gasket, along with a sweet smell. In this situation, you can pressure test the cooling system if the coolant is low or the engine has been overheating.
Why do I have Sweet Smoke coming from my exhaust?
It happens that this gasket becomes bad and starts to leak. If you have a bad intake manifold gasket, you will often smell sweet smoke from the exhaust gases. If your exhaust smoke smells sweet, it’s most likely a condensed coolant you are facing.
Why does my car exhaust have a white smell?
The answer is either transmission fluid or burning coolant. In transmission fluid case, the engine is sucking the fluid through a vacuum hose, which leads to the color white from smoke. The exhaust will also have a burned oil smell.
Why is there white smoke coming from my diesel engine?
In the cold weather, the white smoke can be quite normal, but in some situations, it is not. Continuous white smoke while driving is one of them. If you are having a diesel, white smoke may be unburned fuel or coolant going through the engine. But mostly, it is the incorrect injector timing in the cylinders.
The exhaust will also have a burned oil smell. If the white smoke is coolant, your car is definitely having a crack in the cylinder head or a leaky head gasket, along with a sweet smell. In this situation, you can pressure test the cooling system if the coolant is low or the engine has been overheating.
Why do I have white smoke coming out of my head gasket?
It doesn’t take much, but if tis white smoke has beenn going on for months without coolant loss, I suspect youare right it isn’t the head gasket. In that case it must be either water in the gas tank or some kind of air/fuel mixture problem. But water in the gas tank usually causes all sorts of performance problems, so that’s unlikely.
It happens that this gasket becomes bad and starts to leak. If you have a bad intake manifold gasket, you will often smell sweet smoke from the exhaust gases. If your exhaust smoke smells sweet, it’s most likely a condensed coolant you are facing.