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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 07:22 PM
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i noticed like 2 days ago that when i reved my car to about 5500 to 6000 rpm it blew white smoke from my muffler i was just wondering what that means
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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 07:26 PM
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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 07:32 PM
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Evo guy here, but thought i could help out. White smoke is normally coolant getting into the cylinder heads and then being burned in the combustion chamber. Also check to make sure it really is white. It could look white, but actually be a light blue. That would really suck, because that would be oil. Its really hard to diagnose the problem because it could be anything from leaky valves and seals, etc, to a completely blown headgasket, but if it was that severe then you'd be overheating and other stuff and the car would really run like crap... Or does it? Let us know more as far as how the cars been acting like sluggish or low on oil/coolant stuff like that.
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Old Sep 19, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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^+1. i cant remember an evo guy chiming in to say anything useful in a RA thread before. good info by the way.
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 05:44 AM
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Agreed with EVO guy... Also, if you have CAI or SRI did you recently oil the filter? I run a dry filter on mine, but its a thought... How many miles do you have? Do you change your oil regularly?
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:00 AM
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Exactly, I've never seen a positive post from an EVO driver in the RA section.

Originally Posted by ralliart329
^+1. i cant remember an evo guy chiming in to say anything useful in a RA thread before. good info by the way.
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by r3z0nate
Exactly, I've never seen a positive post from an EVO driver in the RA section.
lol I guess ill say sorry on behalf of the evo guys. Just a fellow car guy lending a hand to another car guy. Hope it helps and if you have any other questions feel free to ask.
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 07:09 PM
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white smoke doesnt just flow out only when i rev past 5500 and then its only a puff and then thats it and my car is running fine and just got and oil chance about 2 months ago and i only have 9000 miles on my car
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Old Sep 20, 2006 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ralliartboy9889
i noticed like 2 days ago that when i reved my car to about 5500 to 6000 rpm it blew white smoke from my muffler i was just wondering what that means
Most likely just some carbon burning off.
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 05:40 AM
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I've heard the mivec naturally burns a small amount of oil. My friends tell me there's a puff of smoke from my exhaust when I launch. That was at 25K I'm at 50K now and no change in performance of the car.
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Old Sep 21, 2006 | 09:46 AM
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How much white smoke are we talking about here? Just a quick puff is probably nothing. If you smoke-screened the guy behind you, then there's a problem.

You could sniff your oil to see if you smell coolant, and check your coolant for oil. If you wanted to really be sure, you could do a compression check. Also, could pull and visually inspect your spark plugs to see if any are fouled.
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