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Re: white smoke

To: Hoon Kim <hoon@pixar.com>
Subject: Re: white smoke
From: noji <noji@snowman.med.umn.edu>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 12:12:21 -0700
Hoon,

A general guess.  Normally oil produces black smoke and water will produce
white smoke.  My guess is that you have coolant leaking in from somewhere (head
gasket).  When the car is warm then the smoke (steam) will not be visible.

Dana

Hoon Kim wrote:

> I have a '67 1600, and everytime I let it sit a little, and then start it
> lots of whitish, gray smoke billow out of my exhaust. I'm not sure if it is
> just the water condensation, but I doesn't smell clean. I'm not sure if it
> is oil or not. It only happens when I first start the car, but goes away
> shortly after. Of course the longer it sits, the more smoke. How would I
> fix this problem, or check to see if oil is leaking into the gas. Thanks.
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>                      Hoon Kim
>    ______\____       hoon@pixar.com
>  :/_()_____()_;      '67 1600
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