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    when i start my car white smoke a some liquid drips from my exhaust whats wrong with it

    is it a blown head gasket or cracked head or something

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bladebox360 View Post
    when i start my car white smoke a some liquid drips from my exhaust whats wrong with it

    is it a blown head gasket or cracked head or something
    Isnt that like Condensation...

    Does it happen all the time? Cold?

    We had my friends car idling for 30 odd minutes.. and had liquid and smoke coming out the exhaust.. shes got a Blown head gasket..
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    You need to work out whether it is smoke or steam (generally, if it only does it for a few minutes after a cold start, it's steam from condensation sitting in the exhaust - which will also make it blow water out of it. If it's excessive, it could be a head gasket). If it is smoke, grey = burning oil (possibly rings, valves, valve stem seals buggered), black = fuel (running rich) you should be able to smell whether it's burning either.

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    valve guides or valley something or other i was told, my vr does it, just a small puff of white smoke on cold startup, the liquid is probably water, a by product of petrol is water

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