My car smokes like a dirty hippie

just teg'n it · Post by **just teg'n it** » October 05, 2004

white smoke and smelling sweet? definately a blown head gasket would cause that.. i beleive the oil would be more liquified/less viscous because of the coolant combining with the oil. By looking at the oil.. i don't know how to describe it but look at its reflection.. you will see discoloring if something is mixing with it.

How much smoke are we talking about.. a puff puff or like leaving a giant cloud behind you?.

Definately do a compression test asap..

Post by **BRYCE** » October 05, 2004

can you feel a difference in power??

OcLpRk8699 · Post by **OcLpRk8699** » October 05, 2004

I think he would know if it was a bhg, his coolant light would be on, his temp = water temp would run hella higher. He would have excesive power loss. An easy way to check would be, check your gas miliage, do a semi-efficient gas miliage check, if you have a bhg, i would assume your miliage would be considerably lower. Also just try to replace your o2 sensor that also just may be going bad.

urbanracer2000 · Post by **urbanracer2000** » October 05, 2004

Do a compression and leakdown test and post the results.

Could be blowby-is there smoke out the oilcap or dipstick??
Hows the coolant look-milky white shit??
does it do it all the time or on acceleration or deceleration??-tired valve guides

First figure out what the smoke is, coolant=sweet, oil=stinks and blueish, fuel=black sometimes white/grey

phan · Post by **phan** » October 05, 2004

the vx comes with a five-wire o2 stock, right?

2-7offsuit · Post by **2-7offsuit** » October 05, 2004

People call it a five wire o2, but it actually has seven.

There isn't a lot of smoke. More like a "puff puff". Never seen it on deceleration.

Where should the normal engine temp be? It's usually right in the middle. This does seem kind of hot because I have an aftermarket koyo radiator w/ spoon cap. My girlfriends stock 95 ex runs quite a bit cooler than my car.

2-7offsuit · Post by **2-7offsuit** » October 07, 2004

I think I can smell coolent while I'm driving. It doesn't appear to be leaking, so it probably is the head gasket.

YouTube · Post by **.saint** » October 07, 2004

damn lets hope not. thats a bummer.

Post by **BRYCE** » October 07, 2004

does your car run like shit?? if not its probly not the HG.but you never now

2-7offsuit · Post by **2-7offsuit** » October 10, 2004

I'm going to try to do a compression test tommarow. If it is the head gasket I'm thinking maybe I'll replace it with the Spoon one. Make the best out of it. The car seems to run fine, but the coolent smell is getting worse.