Car sputters and blows white smoke

One cause of white smoke from the exhaust might be the engine leaking coolant. If the engine leaks coolant , it will be burned by the heat of the engine and then come out as smoke from the exhaust. A problem with antifreeze might also be causing white smoke to come from the exhaust. I was driving today and when I started accelerating leaving a red light, the car began sputtering when I tried accelerating and was blowing out a ton of white smoke. After a few seconds, it would pick back up and run as it normally does.

One reason for white smoke is very common and completely harmless. The car has a strong order of raw fuel and is blowing white smoke out of the tailpipe, and the stutter is strong enough to shake the steering wheel. White smoke is usually from water and water will make the car splutter.

Did you get water in your tank at some time. If you have water in your fuel, you will have to drain the tank and refill with good fuel. The engine will run fine once it is hot but if a lot of water goes into a hot cylinder it can cause a lot of damage.

The fellow at the muffler place said the car was blowing black smoke but I had never noticed it. It looks like billows of white smoke to me, but he said that it was black. Ok white smoke could be a head or head gasket problem, black is too much gas!

I would have the catalytic converter checked and the sensor replaced. Hope for black smoke ! The car shakes and blows out white smoke that smells like gasoline. I replaced the plug wires and the spark plugs and it ran better for a while. But it still does the same thing and I feel as though the current mechanic is giving me the run around.

A thick white smoke that lingers indicates that the vehicle is burning coolant - which in most cases, means that you have one of a blown head gasket , a damaged cylinder hea or a cracked engine block. Every once in a while she seems to hesitate to shift into second after take off. I smell gas and it blows white smoke out of.

Next thing I know, white smoke is rolling out of the exhaust. Towed it to the VW dealer tonight. Condensation that accumulates inside the exhaust pipes, converter and mufflers can produce a puff of white smoke upon diesel engine start-up. In very cold temperatures, the heated exhaust can freeze into minute fuel droplets when exiting the exhaust and produce a more prolonged emission of white smoke for a very short period of driving time.

What does WHITE smoke from my exhaust mean? Any good shop can assess the head gasket condition. I drained the tank, changed fuel filters and checked the lines for leaks. Heres what was done with the car before this started. If the car is not driven very far each day, some moisture will collect in the muffler and cause white smoke for a short while after starting.

If the smoke is continual, however, you need to watch you coolant level as you may have a blown head gasket. L Cummins engine, and I am having some problems. Sometimes when it is col the truck sputters and blows white smoke , and it takes a few minutes to clear out.

There are several things that cause the mower to sputter, lose power, and blow white smoke : throttling up too quickly, turning the blades on at high throttle, throttling up too high when the blades are on. Any of these things will cause the motor to sputter, lose power, and blow white smoke. The rumbling sounds very much like a Harley. When a car sputters , there is usually a problem with the exhaust system.

When an engine sputters , there are a number of possible causes. If a loud bang accompanies the sputtering , especially when the car accelerates, this indicates a problem with the exhaust system. How do i clean the fuel line. Blowing white smoke is a red flag for your diesel engine, yet we see this happen all the time to our customers. In many cases, white smoke emanating from the tailpipe (often at idle once the engine reached operating temperature) typically means a worn out injector.

This is very serious and will cause severe engine damage.