White smoke coming from coolant reservoir

If the white smoke is exclusively from the exhaust pipe , a leaking cylinder head gasket would be a suspect. Leaking coolant is a leading cause for white smoke coming from the engine. The cooling system flows from the radiator to the engine block.

Begin by checking coolant levels in the radiator. Do not attempt to open the radiator cap when the engine is still hot. Once cooled check the coolant reservoir and radiator hose pipes for any signs of leakages. The most noticeable symptom of internal coolant leakage is when the white smoke is billowing out of the exhaust pipe and leaves a sweet odor in the air. And coolant is being blown out of the pressure relief hose by the cap of the reservoir.

The smoke was coming from the engine coolant reservoir. The cap had popped off letting white smoke out. You might have a cracked head gasket, engine block, or cylinder head which are all caused by overheating. My car started blowing lots of white smoke out of the exhaust and I started having.

A few days ago I noticed my coolant tank was almost empty, so I know there is a leak somewhere and I believe the coolant is what is burning and causing the smell and smoke. After a few minutes, I took a turn onto open road and I noticed the temperature start to drop again. I got home, popped the hood in time to see the fluid in the coolant overflow boiling and white smoke (steam?) coming out from the cap thats on the hose running to the reservoir.

Once that happens, the oil will become contaminated. The first sign of having contaminated oil is white exhaust smoke coming out of the tailpipe. As this continues, the white smoke will begin to have a sweet odor smell that won’t go away.

If the problem is with transmission flui it means that the engine is taking fuel through a hosepipe, and this is what leads to white smoke coming out of the tailpipe when you press on the pedal. One of the main causes of white exhaust smoke and coolant loss is a cracked or warped cylinder hea a cracked engine block, or head gasket failure caused by overheating. A cracked head may allow coolant to leak into one or more cylinders or into the combustion chamber of the engine. I parked and smoke starting coming in through the vents and we opened the hood and white smoke was coming directly from the coolant reservoir. You need to replace with a new radiator cap too, the steam is leaking out from your radiator cap.

Why is there smoke coming from coolant resvoir tank ? This morning on my way to work, same thing, white smoke coming out from under the hood and the gauge was all the way up. So I pulled over and checked and all the coolant was gone again. Tonight when I got home I put more coolant in while I had the car in park. The coolant is then being burne producing the thick white smoke. It’s important that you do not ignore thick white smoke coming from the exhaust – even if it’s only a small crack, the damage can easily become more extensive and this can lead to the engine breaking down completely and having to be replaced.

I have a saturn and it is blowing white smoke out of where the cap is for the coolant tank , and coolant that is added is almost gone I just added this morning. This evening after a cold start, I noticed a fair amount of white smoke coming from my exhaust as I was driving, but especially while stopped at lights. I read a few articles about the RS fiasco a few months ago, so my first thought was that the seal on my headgasket was failing and that I was burning coolant. However, if you see thick whiteness that keeps coming out of your exhaust system, this is white smoke rather than merely white exhaust fumes.

The only way to resolve the white smoke problem coming from your exhaust system is to fix the root cause of the problem. It smells sweet so I figured it was some coolant that must be burning off from wing spilled put it is still occurring after ring cooled and started a few more times. White smoke is a sign of trouble.

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. Decided to take it to shop nearby and they said the piston rings were broken and the car.

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