VN problems

[dat111]

alright i got a problem with my vn,it smokes white smoke until it warms and then goes away but its mostly smokey when ideling and then you gun it awhole lot of white smoke and water comes out of the zorst

any ideas?

[hi_ryder]

blown head gasket...

[dat111]

is it a big job compared to a stright 6 ? ive done a ford EL before would it be easier or harder?

[88GreenVN]

is it using coolant - getting hot?? Milky oil?

[dat111]

nar doesnt use coolant doesnt get hot we changed the oil yesterday and it was fine just really black

[hi_ryder]

how else would you get water coming out the exhaust? im confused

[88GreenVN]

how else would you get water coming out the exhaust? im confused

Condensation (spelling) is the only thing I'd say. If it's blowing white smoke and has black oil and not using coolant probably condensation.

[hi_ryder]

so what would the white smoke be from, burning oil? could it be contaminated fuel?

[Jimm187]

yeah mate its some sort of oil problem. check clylinders for scoring marks, piston rings, vavles. sort of a big job.

[VK SL 3800]

Are you sure its not just the cold weather exhaust lol?

[sawychri06]

VK SL 3800
Are you sure its not just the cold weather exhaust lol?

hahah dont worry mate im thinking the same

[shreks vp]

try using thicker oil

[gone_nutz13]

all cars will do this, look at even a new car and it will look like this when cold.

You need the catalytic converter to be hot for it to do it's job. while it's cold it's not 'converting' properly.

[dat111]

so people are saying

blown heady,leaking oil or just condensation

this is so confusing! after it warms up it goes away into a very light mist but once you rev it, it will spurt out water and then a big puff of white smoke and then it goes away to a barely visible mist

if that helps at all

[hi_ryder]

so people are saying

blown heady,leaking oil or just condensation

this is so confusing! after it warms up it goes away into a very light mist but once you rev it, it will spurt out water and then a big puff of white smoke and then it goes away to a barely visible mist

if that helps at all

for you to start a thread i thought you had a water fall out the tail pipe and choking clouds of white smoke.... thats why i was confused, my car does the same thing on a winter start up...

[dat111]

alright good!

so i have nothing to be worried about i thought i full had a blown head gasket ive put a video on youtube maybe this will help, it was running for around 15mins and this was still happening the cat conveter was hot

YouTube - Vn running

[dat111]

also i will add, it has a miss in it under load

[VK SL 3800]

It looks like cold weather smoke, in cold weather you can pot around in a car for ages without it properly warming up, i had my laser running for about an hour and it was still smokey like that even though the engine was hot enough for the fan to kick in. just reving it and idling for 15 mins wont really get the exhaust as hot as driving.

[HoZy]

Inlet manifold gasket...

[VK SL 3800]

Does it use coolant?

[dat111]

it doesnt use coolant, i was thinking of dropping out the coolant and just putting plain water in it, and seeing if it burning coolant, ive been told thats white smoke.

inlet manifold gasket, is that the deferent cause?

[VK SL 3800]

inlet manifold gasket leaks and allows coolant to leak either externally, internally. internally can got into the intake ports or into the oil galleries. But if it not using coolant im sticking to cold smoke.

[dat111]

Can somebody please show me a picture where it is because my dad keeps saying its the extractors