White smoke coming out the tailpipe

What does white smoke from tail pipe mean? What causes white smoke and engine blow by? Why is there blue smoke coming out of tail pipe? All it takes is a little bit of coolant to leak out and get mixed in with the engine oil.

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. The smoke escaping from your tailpipe is actually steam and will appear more gray than white in color if examined closely. The water is the result of an accumulation of that same steam as it makes its way through the exhaust system and out of the tailpipe where it condenses from its gas form back into liquid.

If you see white smoke coming out of the tailpipe , that smoke means that your car has a leaking cylinder-head gasket or a cracked head gasket. If there is just a leak in the gasket, the problem should be relatively easy and inexpensive to fix, but if the problem is a cracked head gasket, chances are the repair will be a lot more complicated and expensive. Worn piston rings or cylinders: Piston rings seal the space between the piston and cylinder wall. If the piston rings or cylinder walls are worn, a proper seal can’t be formed.

As a result, oil will get sucked into the combustion chamber. The result is grayish smoke from the tailpipe. In this case, bad seals or piston rings cause oil to leak into combustion chamber which then mixes with fuel and burns. 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. White smoke can be a big problem or not, depending on the thickness. The white smoke is the result of normal condensation which builds up inside the exhaust system. 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. If you notice that your car is blowing white smoke. It is caused by water leaking into a cylinder. It can be caused from a blown head gasket letting water from your cooling system leak into a cylinder. When the gasoline and air burn, it makes the water in the cylinder turn to steam.

Black smoke or very dark smoke coming from the exhaust pipe. A new fuel odor or drop in MPG that seems to be coming from the exhaust pipe. You can taste on the water from the exhaust, if it smells sweet it’s most likely coolant, and in this case, you have a bigger problem. In some cases, the white smoke may be caused due to a deteriorated coolant in the radiator. If the coolant has run out , then it will lead to the engine overheating.

Another problem is when your car has a coolant leak. A small amount of water is produced as a normal bi product of the combustion process and until the exhaust system warms up the water evaporates and can be seen as steam. Mine started misfiring, with new plugs.

This kind of smoke disappears. Smoke came out the exhaust.