A Little White Smoke...?

[patshea098]

also i noticed my engine coolant is about half a inch below the "minimum line"

isnt there a smell i should check with the coolant that could mean that it is the problem?

 

[JLDickmon]

by oil pan and each sitting it cant be a any bigger then a 3-4" diameter

that's a pretty decent leak.. crawled underneath it yet to figure out what it is?

 

[patshea098]

yeah i cant figure out where its coming from...


would my engine coolant level have anything to do with this?

 

[DaveBen]

White smoke is water, so your coolant has a lot to do with it.

Dave

 

[patshea098]

but would my engine coolant being low cause this? or is it low because its leaking into the engine? if it is...wouldnt that narrow it down to a injector cup?

 

[DaveBen]

I can't put a cause and effect relationship to your coolant loss. I can say that you are loosing coolant but why I can't say. This is where you have to do some wrenching, or pay for it. I don't know how to tell of a injector cup is causing this or not. It is NOT common for injector cups to leak coolant.

Dave

 

[JLDickmon]

I can't put a cause and effect relationship to your coolant loss. I can say that you are loosing coolant but why I can't say. This is where you have to do some wrenching, or pay for it. I don't know how to tell of a injector cup is causing this or not. It is NOT common for injector cups to leak coolant.

Dave

correct.. far more common to leak fuel into the cooling system.. that's why I asked

 

[patshea098]

well i just thought i had read soimewhere that a cracked injector cup could leak coolant into the cylinders and causing the white smoke.

but heres a new factor! got home yesterday, hung out for about 2 hours went to go out and truck started then conked out about 3 seconds later, now wont start back up

 

[dpantazis]

1. check you oil for level and contamination.

2. check you coolant for contamination.

3. do you have access to a scanner? not the cheapie dongles from Autozone, but a real honest to goodness scanner.

 

[patshea098]

what specifically should i look for in oil and coolant. and no i do not have a scanner :/