Nissan altima white smoke at startup

How To STOP a Car or Truck From SMOKING at STARTUP. There is thick white smoke at start up. Get out of school start it up white smoke. After driving it for a bit all problems would go away. Big puff of white smoke at start up after sitting for several hours.

Not minutes after driving off the lot after idling for a few minutes, a huge amount of white smoke started pouring out of the exhaust. I pulled over and even at an idle, a small amount of smoke was coming from the exhaust. Its not a BHG, i already had it tested for that, and im not low on coolant. White smoke on startup is a very good indication of a bad PCV valve. Someone must be pretty new to automobiles for not checking it first.

Glad you got her fixed. This is not a little smoke. I took it to the Ada, Oklahoma Nissan Dealership. They stated it needed new valve covers. Average repair cost is $0at 104miles.

After that initial burst of white smoke it goes away and i drive off without any driveability issues or further smoke. Now, if I park the car afterwards and let it sit for about an hour and above and start it again, it smokes at start-up. Altima Responds To The World Around You For Real-Time Confidence.

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If you have white smoke constatly throughout the whole day and overheating. Engine stalls after starting. You notice white smoke coming from the exhaust when you start your car. If it is cold out, this may be normal.

If the smoke does not disappear after the car is warme you have a problem. Transmission fluid may be entering the intake manifold through vacuum modulator. Unless it’s a very, very, very small amount of oil or your car has a high compression ratio then your white smoke is not from burning oil. By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our cookie policy unless you have disabled them. In the beginning car start eating engine oil.

I was use to add quoter of oil every week for couple months. Keep an eye on the coolant level in the radiator in any event. Nissan Altima smoking on startup Recently, my car started to smoke when I start it up. If I stay in park it keeps smoking until I switch to drive and accelerate for a long enough period.

Getting conflicting opinions on the cause of a large puff of white smoke (no sweet smell) at startup. Car is also going through plus quarts of oil every month. In two months had to completely replace oil each time.

No oil leakage anywhere. Dealer said engine sludge due to lack of oil changes (which I di just not with them), so warranty is void. I recently had the 2nd fuel injector and fuel pressure regulator replaced on my car. Now there is a ton of white smoke and gas coming out of the tail pipe.

I went through $of gas in ten minutes! The white smoke is the result of normal condensation which builds up inside the exhaust system.