Car radiator smoking

If the white smoke is coming from the engine compartment, then you are leaking coolant from radiator , hose or gasket. The oil filler cap in almost all the engines releases a faint whiff of smoke , which is a residue of the burnt fuel inside the engine. Older engines produce more hot spots, which make the car smoking under hood but not overheating. Other possible leaks would be the hoses, heater hoses, and the water pump. The water pump would be the most likely leak if its not the radiator.

No smoke comes out the exhaust. The car is not overheating. If somebody try from this company rent a car tell me about experience what u have. There is no smoke coming out, but the radiator cap is hot. You normally wont see any smoke when a vehicle is hot.

If you mean steam then you may not notice steam untill either you blow a hose or the cap starts to lose its ability to pressurize the radiator. A failed radiator fan. Modern cars use an electric fan to pull enough air through the radiator to keep the car cool at idle and low speeds. A car that does fine on the freeway but overheats at idle or in traffic probably has a problem with the radiator fan.

Before they replaced the radiator the temp gage was fine there was just green stuff leaking all over the engine. This can often times lead to catastrophic engine damage. I would recommend having an expert from YourMechanic come to your home to diagnose the smoke from your car and replace your radiator hose if necessary. Jesus fuck you have bad luck. I want to drive the car around the block and then come back to see if there will be smoke again with (water in the radiator ). Did you recently top off the coolant?

A few hours later, I just open my radiator cap to see if theres any water left and it looked empty. How to Flush Out Stop Leak from your Radiator and Cooling System - Duration: 5:19. Not too expensive, but fix it before it kills you dead.

If the radiator is clogged with dirt and rusts this issueoccurs too. The Fix: Lighten the load and back off the gas. The radiator or block may be clogged. A visible stream of constant smoke tells you that the source is very near the blower or the air intake, or is inside the duct itself.

I have no leaks under the car or any of the hoses. Also, steam or smoke coming from the radiator cap does not indicate a blown headgasket. White smoke from the exhaust, yes, but not the radiator cap.

Smoke coming from the rear of the engine compartment is more likely from a fluid reservoir overflowing onto the exhaust as it travels under the engine: Power steering fluid seems possible, brake flui transmission fluid from a broken line, or even oil. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE GUEST, I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE BYPASS HOSE BEHIND THE ENGINE THAT WAS LICKING THE COOLANT AND SMOKING. My car is not overheating, has coolant in it. The most common cause of white smoke from under the hood of a vehicle is an overheated engine.

In this case, the driver is actually seeing steam from the radiator instead of smoke. Before we get into the causes of vehicle overheating, let’s help minimize the potential damage to your car NOW until you can get it into a shop: 1- Turn off the AC immediately. Turn on your defroster and your heat to HOT, fan on High. If the smoke is coming from the electric fan itself, then it needs replacing. It could be the smoke is steam that the fan is drawing from the radiator , and you have a coolant leak at the radiator.

Finally got a car going last night filled water and oil all the part etc but was smoking soon as we turned the engine on? How much oil do you need to put in? We tried filling the radiator up but wouldnt let us stopped after seconding of pouring that means its full right? I really hope they do a balance pass on vehicles soon enough and make them not as fragile as a wine glass.

Turn on the heater in your vehicle without starting the engine to allow the coolant system to develop pressure. Watch the gauge on the pressure tester for sudden drops in pressure. A drop in pressure indicates a leak. Yep, your radiator might have spring a leak or a hose is busted. The smoke was steam from the coolant.

Some also splashed on a hot engine and turned into steam. It has happened three more times, coming from the rear of the car. Three times the engine was col once warm.

The Honda dealer found nothing but told me to keep track of these instances.