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Old 02-04-2004, 10:38 PM
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Unhappy Smoke is rollin out

Lately I have been noticing that I have white smoke rollin from my exhaust, when I told my buddy he said when we raced he saw black smoke rollin from my exhaust... I have the Rear manifold leak but im wondering if i have a coolant leak, possible blown head gasket? Any idea's welcome.
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Old 02-04-2004, 11:00 PM
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Black smoke is normal.
White smoke that smells like coolant is usually a blown headgasket, however being as you live in MI and its freezing out I would say the white smoke is prob. normal also.
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Old 02-04-2004, 11:21 PM
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Under WOT, black smoke is normal. Our cars run rich to protect the pistons and valves from overheating. The black smoke is just unburnt gas.
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