white smoke?

[veccyest]

Hi all 1.2 8v got white smoke + its smells very fumey ,water coming from exhauts plently of power + responsive to the trottle . pls any ideas ta .

 

[McGherkin]

Checked for mayo in the oil cap? If so, could be Head Gasket.

 

[richd]

white smoke means its burning coolant, bluey smoke means its burning oil, if it is white, more than likely the head gasket, does it start up rough in a morning?

 

[richd]

sounds stupid but does it smell sweet?

 

[mark smith87]

Possibly head gasket

 

[Goodj]

been left standing for a while? might clear up.

 

[veccyest]

sounds stupid but does it smell sweet?[/QUOTE
theres no mayo it does smell sweet water is pissing out of exhauts it runs ok no power loss idles ok its been standing 4 10 mths .

 

[richd]

coolant when it burns usual smells sweet, sounds like your head gasket may have gone internaly, check your coolant level and pressure test your cooling system and see if it holds its pressure.

 

[Beef-Mc]

If its been standing for 10 months chances are it just needs a blast to clear it up! Hell my car smokes like hell if its stood for a couple of days in cold weather.

 

[veccyest]

cars whoed have them??

 

[richd]

lol its all part of the fun untill it gets expensive, head gaskets aint a massive job so should be to expensive, but on the other hand it could be nothing. i would defo recomend getting the coolong system pressure tested to be safe tho.