white smoke help

[chicago]

ok i was told that it is my head gasket blown or my head craked. now 2 of my plugs were on the distrubater backwards and i had no smoke comming out. i dont think, but now it is and i dont have a cat on either does this mean any thing. and i have all water in my radiator as off wright now and my cold hot guage is a little bit under half wright were its sopposed to be.

[h22sparkle]

any brownness in the coolant?

[chicago]

any brownness in the coolant?

Dont know yet still have not flushed out radiator. Im going to do that soon.
yes there is brownness in the raditor. i was told that its because i have all water in my raditor asn it is rust build up.

[TysCb7]

Dont know yet still have not flushed out radiator. Im going to do that soon.

Best of luck...but be prepared for the worst.

[ehulst]

pull your exhaust manifold off and see if you see coolant in any chambers that way you can tell if theres coolant in the head, if thats the case then pull the head ,you got a good weekand project...best of luck

[oneoffaccord]

head is bad

[chicago]

Best of luck...but be prepared for the worst.

yeah thats why i have not done it yet. thanks man.

[chicago]

pull your exhaust manifold off and see if you see coolant in any chambers that way you can tell if theres coolant in the head, if thats the case then pull the head ,you got a good weekand project...best of luck

what if it is the head and i dont pull it. What will happen and yeah it will take about 2 days.

[acrophobia]

head is bad

not true.....

[chicago]

OK i put my hand on the exhaust when the car was running and little black specs of oil got on my hands why is this? i have ideas but i dont want to post them to damn many. and i dont think there is water in my oil

[Accord13&BA4]

Do an oil change. See if your oil is greyish, whiteish...if you see that draining out of the oil, then your head-gasket is gone.

When you flush your coolant, it should be clean...green perhaps...fresh coolant is always a good idea, fresh alkaline for the system...

I hope it isnt a blown head-gasket...that is pretty bad...but fixable. Mechanics should charge about $600ish, including labor...cleanup is a bitch i gotta say on a Blown HG.
best of luck man, let us know how it goes...

[chicago]

Do an oil change. See if your oil is greyish, whiteish...if you see that draining out of the oil, then your head-gasket is gone.

When you flush your coolant, it should be clean...green perhaps...fresh coolant is always a good idea, fresh alkaline for the system...

I hope it isnt a blown head-gasket...that is pretty bad...but fixable. Mechanics should charge about $600ish, including labor...cleanup is a bitch i gotta say on a Blown HG.
best of luck man, let us know how it goes...

but i dont think its my head gasket its 200 miles old BRAND NEW unless it sealed wrong i dit it my self.

[chicago]

i just checked my spark plugs and i think oil is on them why is this

[NAiL05]

Spark plug tube seals need replacement.

[chicago]

Spark plug tube seals need replacement.

oops i forget to mention my spark plug threads have oil on them what is this piston rings.