manche Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 One day was driving and my radiator got hot and started smoking white and then i checked my oil and spark plugs to make sure the head gasket didn't break. And after i took my oil filler cap off and opened the throttle body butterfly valve, white smoke was coming out. Any ideas what it could be? Possibly was it burning oil because it got hot? the radiator pretty much blew all the coolant out of the overflow bottle to the point none was in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdesigns Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 White smoke tells me steam, which used to be water, which probably has a little coolant mixed in it... How you know for sure you don't have a blown headgasket?? And how much white smoke?? And I'm not clear, but is the white smoke coming from the tailpipe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxRacing282 Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 One day was driving and my radiator got hot and started smoking white and then i checked my oil and spark plugs to make sure the head gasket didn't break. And after i took my oil filler cap off and opened the throttle body butterfly valve, white smoke was coming out. Any ideas what it could be? Possibly was it burning oil because it got hot? the radiator pretty much blew all the coolant out of the overflow bottle to the point none was in it. umm. call napa get the "is there oil in my coolant kit" and fill your rad up. check it with the little strip. possible water pump but probabally not. one way to tell is before water pumps go they make this fairly annnnnnoying noise that you can't mistake. has it ever made that high pitch noise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manche Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 i imagine i did get a little in from when the radiator throught the breather elbow on valve cover overflow boiled over while i was driveing as far as the head i doubt it cause i checked oil plugs and i see no difference in power or preformance i studdered a little when the tps got wet but it runs fine now but still i wonder if thats the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manche Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 if there is water in the oil it would be real runny or sludgy i doubt its the head gasket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manche Posted September 28, 2008 Author Share Posted September 28, 2008 ok ill try the hose method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Depending on where it lets go, a blown head gasket may allow coolant into the oil, or it may allow coolant into the cylinders and skip the oil. Coolant in the cylinders results in white smoke out the tail pipe. The only reliable way to diagnose a possible blown head gasket is a compression test. You haven't explained where the white smoke was coming from. Ws it from the tailpipe, or was it under the hood somewhere? Please explain the comment about blowing all the coolant out of the overflow bottle so there was none. That's not possible. Any coolant pushed out of the radiator goes into the recovery bottle. If there's too much for that, then the excess gets pushed out the overflow tube on the recovery bottle. If there WAS coolant in the bottle, and then it was empty, either the bottle spring a leak or the system worked like it should and sucked all the coolant back into the radiator. That could only happen if you were seriously low on coolant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manche Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 i installed a new radiator and say that coolant was driping on the headers and on tail pipe looked under and there is a leak some were underneath the engine with a small leak some were it was running along the oil pan from somewere in the front on the driver side white smoke was comming off the headers manifold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deziped Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Water pumps pissing it out the lil hole in shaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manche Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 so wats that mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyComanche Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Time for a new water pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonsfyr Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 yup what he said replace water pump........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BREEZE1 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 maybe your jeep is trying to tell you "PASS THE DUTCHIE TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE"!!!! :chillin: :chillin: :chillin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manche Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 found out at problem was valve covers gasket was leaking oil on manifold causing the white smoke and as far as the water the hose hade gotten a slit in it when it wa tighten down thx for the options guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 Oil smoke is blue, not white. Either you didn't really find the problem, or you're nearly as color-blind as I am :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manche Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 i must be but then again i saw it at night and in morning it had a oil burning smell to it when i drove it and i saw a puddle of oil between to cover and header Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooky48 Posted September 30, 2008 Share Posted September 30, 2008 Oil smoke is blue, not white. Either you didn't really find the problem, or you're nearly as color-blind as I am :) Oil being burned inside the engine would be blue, I agree. Oil being dripped on the exhaust and burning could be blue but does look white, IMHO. If white smoke from tailpipe and you have an automatic, possibly the trans modulator valve leaking (happened to me many years ago on a Datsun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manche Posted September 30, 2008 Author Share Posted September 30, 2008 yep sounds right i got a manual 5spd tho and I'm not throwing any color exaust out of pipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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