Car smokes white/gray smoke when going up hill

10psie46 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-14-2009, 01:47 PM

It happened again yesterday. I had been driving my car for about 15 minutes when I had to drive up an hill by my house. The car got sluggish and next thing you know there is greyish, white smoke coming out my exsaust for about 5 seconds and then the smoke went away. It never smoked again after that. This is getting to be a pain in the ass. I am not sure exactly what this issue is. Any ideas?

DIONESE · #2 (**permalink**) 09-05-2009, 12:27 AM

Head Gasket is gone.

10psie46 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-05-2009, 06:32 PM

I figured out the problem it is the crank case/oil seperator. thanks for the replies.

e28drver · #4 (**permalink**) 10-17-2009, 12:29 PM

the rings on your pistons might be bad which is allowing oil to drip down onto your spark plugs, and oil on spark plugs is usually indicated by the white/grey smoke i get it sometimes on my car due to the bad rings on my 3rd cylinder

DIONESE · #5 (**permalink**) 10-17-2009, 03:10 PM

IT MAY BE PISTON RINGS BUT IT IS VERY LIKELY THE VALVE GUIDE SEALS. THIS MIGHT BE A TEMPORARY REPAIR AS THE WHOLE VALVE TRAIN LIKELY NEEDS A LOOK. YOU SEEM TO BE BURNING OIL, SO IT IS COMING FROM A SEAL OR FROM INSIDE THE ENGINE. CHECK THE OUT SIDE OF THE ENGINE WITH IT RUNNING. DO YOU SMELL BURNING OIL? IF NOT IT IS ONE OF THE ABOVE TWO ISSUES. YOUR ENGINE REQUIRES VALVE ADJUSTMENT EVERY 70,000 KLM OR 44,000 MLS. YOU WILL SEE AT THE TOP OF THE VALVE STEM WHERE IT LEAVES THE GUIDE. THIS SEAL CRACKS WITH AGE AND FAILS. TO TEST IF IT IS THE PISTONS REMOVE ALL THE SPARK PLUGS. REMOVE FAN BLADE AND DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. THREAD A COMPRESSION TESTED IN CYLINDER NUMBER ONE AND ROTATE THE ENGINE WITH POWER BARR AND SOCKET. HOLD CYLINDER AND TOP DEAD CENTRE AND WATCH THE COMPRESSION GAUGE. IF IT FALLS QUICKLY WITH NO HISS FROM THE VALVES AT THE STEM YOUR RINGS ARE LEAKING. IN ANY CASE THE OLD IRLS IS LOOKING FOR SOME LOVE.