Header wrap to a completely different problem... - NJFBOA - Home of New Jersey's Camaros and Firebirds

madness410 · 07-12-2008, 01:51 PM

ok so if you check my previous posts i havent been coming across good luck with my camaro lately. when i started my car after i replaced my hydraulic clutch i thought the header wrap got brake fluid on it, and was smoking.

so when i was cleaning it today, and i started it up for about 10-15 seconds...then all of a sudden white smoke starts coming out of my exhaust. not a little, but not really alot. no idea what it could be. my friend suggests a head gasket could have blown. but i dont know, the dipstick isnt milky white, and i havent driven it in over a week. are there cases where overnight a headgasket could just blow? what are other telltale signs of a headgasket going? help pleeeeease thank you.

TheBandit · 07-12-2008, 03:27 PM

Fuelpump? My old t/a wouldnt even run and poured so much smoke out of the exhaust. It gets worse and worse i believe.

madness410 · 07-12-2008, 04:29 PM

hm i dont know man...its a brand new fuel pump. keep in mind i havent driven it for over a week also, before i did work on the hydraulic clutch it didnt do that.

im starting to think its a really dumb problem and maybe the smoke from the header wrap is getting sucked back into the system

LTb1ow · 07-12-2008, 04:40 PM

Or a leaking head gasket that leaked a bunch of coolant over a week or two into the cylinders...

TheBandit · 07-12-2008, 05:35 PM

probably not the fuel pump i didnt read it very well and kinda skimmed over what you wrote.

madness410 · 07-12-2008, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Shownomercy

Or a leaking head gasket that leaked a bunch of coolant over a week or two into the cylinders...

the oil is still the color of motor oil though...not a milky white, unless i need to run the motor a bit more to see for sure if the motor oil is mixing with coolant?

Tru2Chevy · 07-12-2008, 07:21 PM

Does the smoke coming from the exhaust smell sweet? If so, then it's coolant. If not, your problem most likely lies elsewhere.

- Justin

madness410 · 07-13-2008, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy

Does the smoke coming from the exhaust smell sweet? If so, then it's coolant. If not, your problem most likely lies elsewhere.

- Justin

hm i didnt think about smelling it...ill keep everyone posted im going to start it up with my 'camaro master' friend tomorrow or the day after so he can diagnose it. if it is the headgasket i dont want water leaking into the oil pan..dont want to lose my entire motor now