ultrasparq

Car hasn't been running for a while. I turned it on in the garage to warm it up and I see white smoke coming out the tail pipe. Even after 20 minutes of running it still occurs.

Also when I accelerate the engine and let go of the gas peddle when it decelerates a strange noise comes out of the motor in the distributer area.

Can someone please enlighten me with your knowledge.

Thanks

QCRAZY

CAR???

MikTip

Re: White smoke= oil. Black smoke = gas. Probably your valve guide seals?

ultrasparq

Re: 1991 90q20v

QAudi42

White:coolant, white w/blueil, black:fuel.

Is the coolant low?

Does the oil look like a chocolate milkshake?

Does it run bad?

Any of these would indicate a bad head gasket, etc.

Desmo888cc

Wrong, white = coolant, blue = oil, black = gas

QCRAZY

<A href="http://20v.org/">20v.org</a>

<A href="http://20v.org/engprob.htm#distributor">Distributor Rattle</a>

<A href="http://20v.org/engprob.htm#smoke">Smoke</a>

lskolnick(original)

Maybe you are lucky and it's only water vapor?

MikTip

very few people can actually see it or recognize it.;O)

Don@STaSIS

Howdy! I've never seen oil burn white before, usually a bluish tint from the tailpipe. White smoke/steam is burning coolant from what I know, though that's easy to tell just by the stink. Black is gas. When a car that is buring oil rolls by the house I surely see a blue cloud, and in VT that's quite often

Cheers,