Alright, so first things first. I'm freaking out.
So this weekend (only once) and just in the past few hours, my CB7 being spewing out a ton of white smoke (I really mean a lot, I'm hoping I'm not getting poisoned or something). I immediately turned off the motor and began to have a panic attack. I opened the hood, looked under the car aaaaaannnnd nothing. So I did what any other stupid kid would do and start the engine again and drive around for a bit. That was really stupid of me, I'm sure the EPA is after me know because i spewed a whole bunch of white smoke everywhere. Now this happened after two things. First, my car is lowered (that's how I bought it, but thank goodness it's on adjustable coilovers) and I was coming into the parking garage my friend let me park in. Of course (being the part of LA I'm in) its after a steep driveway. So I try my best not to scrape but the car scrapes and I'm like whatever just park. That was last night. I go to move the car tonight and it took a little bit to start and that's been happening ever since I got the car but it starts. I let it warm up a little and I start to move it. As I move it, I hear a pop and I look in my back mirror and I see white smoke. In my head I'm just thinking NO NOT AGAIN. I think back to Saturday morning where I scraped a speed bump after dropping my brother off, then letting the car start and on the way home after getting off a light, white smoke shows up. After these both events, I let the car sit for ten minutes. SOME HOW THE CAR DECIDED NOT TO SMOKE WHITE AND RUN FINE.
After parking the car in a different garage (with no steep ass driveway), I let it run while parked and look around. Nothing. Running fine and just small amount of white-ish smoke which I think is condensation. I rush back to my room and look on the forums. Find some thread about a user who had somewhat the same problems as me. Read some more and I think it may be my valve seals. Then I look more into it and I remember how my car also stutters occasionally at a constant 25 mph and see that the problem could be ignition related.
As for the smoke. It smells like burnt cotton. Like for anyone who vapes, just imagine the smell of a dry hit. You hate it, I hate it. I put my hand against the exhaust and it didn't feel sticky so I guess it's not coolant. I check the temp gauge and it's not overheating at all.
This car took me 80 miles and back just this weekend without problems, but letting it sit is weird. Here are some pics of the smoke at idle and the last one is it after sitting for a bit.
P.S. Forgive me for the super long post. I wanted to be as detailed as possible. I really like this car, it's nostalgic for me and has a lot of parts I could never even afford. Thanks for anything
Thanks (again) for looking
So this weekend (only once) and just in the past few hours, my CB7 being spewing out a ton of white smoke (I really mean a lot, I'm hoping I'm not getting poisoned or something). I immediately turned off the motor and began to have a panic attack. I opened the hood, looked under the car aaaaaannnnd nothing. So I did what any other stupid kid would do and start the engine again and drive around for a bit. That was really stupid of me, I'm sure the EPA is after me know because i spewed a whole bunch of white smoke everywhere. Now this happened after two things. First, my car is lowered (that's how I bought it, but thank goodness it's on adjustable coilovers) and I was coming into the parking garage my friend let me park in. Of course (being the part of LA I'm in) its after a steep driveway. So I try my best not to scrape but the car scrapes and I'm like whatever just park. That was last night. I go to move the car tonight and it took a little bit to start and that's been happening ever since I got the car but it starts. I let it warm up a little and I start to move it. As I move it, I hear a pop and I look in my back mirror and I see white smoke. In my head I'm just thinking NO NOT AGAIN. I think back to Saturday morning where I scraped a speed bump after dropping my brother off, then letting the car start and on the way home after getting off a light, white smoke shows up. After these both events, I let the car sit for ten minutes. SOME HOW THE CAR DECIDED NOT TO SMOKE WHITE AND RUN FINE.
After parking the car in a different garage (with no steep ass driveway), I let it run while parked and look around. Nothing. Running fine and just small amount of white-ish smoke which I think is condensation. I rush back to my room and look on the forums. Find some thread about a user who had somewhat the same problems as me. Read some more and I think it may be my valve seals. Then I look more into it and I remember how my car also stutters occasionally at a constant 25 mph and see that the problem could be ignition related.
As for the smoke. It smells like burnt cotton. Like for anyone who vapes, just imagine the smell of a dry hit. You hate it, I hate it. I put my hand against the exhaust and it didn't feel sticky so I guess it's not coolant. I check the temp gauge and it's not overheating at all.
This car took me 80 miles and back just this weekend without problems, but letting it sit is weird. Here are some pics of the smoke at idle and the last one is it after sitting for a bit.
P.S. Forgive me for the super long post. I wanted to be as detailed as possible. I really like this car, it's nostalgic for me and has a lot of parts I could never even afford. Thanks for anything
Thanks (again) for looking
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