White smoke from hood

Why would a car blow white smoke? What is the cause of white smoke from the engine? What causes a car to smoke under the hood? Or maybe you completely forgot to add coolant at all, and the engine overheated. Not that anyone would ever do that.

If it was white smoke , I’d presume that it is coolant. The first thing you should have done is open the hood and see where the smoke was coming from. It may have been at night, but a flashlight would have helped you find the source of the smoke. Now it’s kind of hard to diagnose the problem. White smoke comin from hood passenger.

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. 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. However, if a burning smell accompanies the smoke , there is likely another type of fluid leak.

You said white smoke was coming out from the hood area behind the engine: You could have a leaked manifold gasket. The cause could be a faulty water pump If the pump is not working well the coolant and or water is not being forced through the system well enough to keep the engine cooled thus creating overheat. I pulled over and turned the car off, and saw I had a crack in my upper radiator hose.

In April a large amount of white smoke came out of the front of the car when I started it. If smoke is being release then this is indicative of a problem. HOWTO looks at all the possible reasons why white smoke is coming from your exhaust pipe. Your problem is one of them.

On cold winter days, it is common to see white smoke from exhaust pipe as soon as you start the car. If the smoke is blue and comes from the exhaust, you have an internal oil leak. This is nothing but steam caused due to condensation. As the engine warms up after a few minutes, this white smoke will not be reduced because condensation is dissipated. I have white smoke coming from under the hood on the passenger side and it also comes out by the driver side front tire.

I cannot tell for sure where it is coming from. When I drive the car for more than minutes I get white smoke coming from under the hood and a burning smell getting into my air conditioning system. When I open the hood , I see the white smoke coming from the area which I highlighted with red in the first picture. The second picture is a zoom-in of the first one.

Less than half a mile down the roa there was a small amount of white smoke coming out from under my hood. After driving for minutes I noticed white steam coming from the left side of the front hood. There was also a bad smell coming from there, kind of like burning rubber but not exactly. Leaking oil on the exhaust often does causes smoke to appear as the oil.

The black smoke may show there is a return fuel line which is obstructed. Fuel injectors and sensors might also be damaged. A final problem which can be diagnosed from black smoke is problem with the air filter. Exhaust Smoke Exhaust smoke comes in three basic flavors: black, white and blue.

Black smoke typically comes with a strong odor of fuel, and indicates that there’s too much fuel or not enough air going into the motor, or that there’s a spark malfunction causing a misfire.