he'res the story. i crashed it a while back hit two cars, (front passenger corner and rear passenger corner) and @ first everything was good. then the battery started draining, and still does ( i jus charged it at autozone and havent driven it... its dead) but anyway then the alarm system started going off constantly. (removed fuse), and through all of this everytime the car is tuned on, it puts out white smoke from the tail end.

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This guy drove it for me from my old place to my new one today.. he said it drove fine, but it smoked . anyone know why?

 

For a battery drain... Remove the negative battery terminal, set a multimeter to AMP current (mA), one prong to the negative car terminal, one prong to the negative battery terminal, BE SURE ALL ELECTRICAL LOADS ARE OFF, now see if the multimeter is reading very very little current (mA) or zero... If it is displaying more than it should be, remove the 60A BTN fuse from the engine fuse box (so that you can open the door of the car without the lights coming on), go into the car and start pulling fuses from the fuse panel by your feet, one at a time. If that fuse doesn't get the multimeter to display zero, then put it back in and try another fuse. You can also try pulling other things... The way I found my drain, was by unplugging my turbo timer. The multimeter then displayed zero, and that's how I knew that was the problem.

As for the white smoke... Perhaps it is cold where you live and the exhaust seems a bit more noticeable? Maybe the guy that drove it is exaggerating.

How hard did you hit these two cars?

 

white smoke usually means coolant seals bad causing coolant to leak into the combustion chamber. get a vid and post it.

 

.damage tells all, but i guess not that bad. under the front passenger some liquid leaked out. don kno what it is. and as far as the guy that drove it. na', its not that cold here and when i start the car it immediately puts out the smoke.


*****IN NEED OF A TAILLIGHT ALSO IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND IT***

 

Take this into consideration. ^

If you get the chance, test the compression. Also, check for water/coolant in your oil. Perhaps the fluid that was leaking was coolant. Which may be coming from the water pump housing or radiator. Who knows... You haven't posted much of any other information. Pop the hood and look around. Jack it up and look around. Inspect the coolant hoses, thermostat, etc... With such a vague description, we can only provide vague answers. This is a start, though.

Search "coolant seal failure" or "coolant seals" or "bad coolant seals".

As for the tail light, check your regional for sale forum. I believe your license plate says "Ohio"... So this would be a good start -> NE For Sale/ Wanted/ Classfieds

Try Craig's List and eBay, too.

I'm not sure that someone will be selling 10th AE tail lights individually. You may have to buy a pair or even any S4 tail light. You can always paint it white. I think "looks" are the least of your worries right now... That quarter panel damage is bad.

 

off topic, but it breaks my heart to see a 10th AE like this.... but yeah, for white smoke, you might wanna do the coolant test, look up under 2nd gen, it should have a couple write up about it.

 

ok, coolant test. thanks im gonna give that a try and update to let ya'll kno if thats what it was

and yea i was very heartbroken when it happen, its my first standard, and i had only been driving it for like two weeks, and i lost control one day after i thought i was used to driving it, and crashed the front into one car, and bounced off and crashed the back into another car. set the boost to high and it jus took off on me. .... went to jail for that incident.

 

Windshield washer bottle is right there on my 89 vert. Right behind that front dent

 

Um, have you checked your coolant level? I'd hate to think that you lost your coolant due to the impact of the crash, then proceded to overheat the engine...




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