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Old 06-27-05, 07:23 AM
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white smoke but no sign of oil in coolant

bought a 86 sport, the car has been sitting for 2 years and i fired her up after i put back all the cooling hoses and radiator back in.. well at first it was a lot of white smoke nd i figured it was build up from sitting.. but every time i start the car it always smokes white for maybe 5 seconds.. im not sure if it has cooling seal failure but i am suspecting it.. after revving about 5 or 6k rpms it smokes.. ive done the search but i see no stream of bubbles when the radiator cap is removed and i have seen no oil mixed in the coolant..
is there somthing i misunderstood from searching? what do you guys think?

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Old 06-27-05, 07:29 AM
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What color is the smoke? Blue, white?

If it has a blueish tint to it, chances are it's oil.. Can be caused by a number of things -> Oil control rings/seals.. MOP injecting too much (doubt it).

If it is pure white, and it smells sweet/bitter, it's probably coolant, and could be caused by bad coolant seals. I don't see why oil would mix with the coolant if the combustion coolant seal went, it would just leak into the combustion chamber.

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the smoke looks white..

do u know by chance how hard it would be to drop an s5 block in? what else would i have to swap? i can by this 91 vert for 5 bills from some guy and it runs good like my 90 gxl..

thanks for the help
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My coolant seals went and i got no bubbles and no coolant in the oil.... it depends greatly on WHERE the seal has failed..

Dropping the s5 block in really isnt that big a deal, but you have to used the ECU and wiring and all that noise from the s5 donor car..

Is the vert trashed ?? (ie, why not just run the vert??)
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If you have anit-freeze in the coolant, the exhaust smell will tell.

My NA had a coolant seal leak start to happen.
It ran perfect for a year after the stop leak fix.
Then I sold it..
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I had white smoke coming from exhaust and it turned out to be a exterior leak and when i drove it slide down the exhaust and burned off lmao and i thought it was my motor smoking.
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Originally Posted by SureShot
If you have anit-freeze in the coolant, the exhaust smell will tell.

My NA had a coolant seal leak start to happen.
It ran perfect for a year after the stop leak fix.
Then I sold it..
I'm glad i don't live in florida.... and wasn't in the warket for an FC when you sold that one!!!!!!!
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the verts ok.. but id rather run the coupe.. besides the engine is out of the car already
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