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October 29th, 10:38 AM
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ok, i'm having serious probs with my import *****ing rice burner* but here's what's wrong. My car wants to overheat everynow and then *fluids good* and white smoke will come out the exhaust pipe sometimes, mainly if i'm having a hard time starting it up.
1. Oil is not milky..good oil.
2. coolant/water full
3. thermostat...eh i dunno
but then, she's been doing this thing where she just don't wanna start. It's turning over and smoke will come out, but the car just wont stay runnin. So I'll have to fuss with it to get it started. I'm at my witts end. Does anyone know what the problem could be?
I'm thinking about going and just getting a new car and making payments on it, but i need this one to get to work for now. so if i can find low payments i'll try to jus get a new one, but if anyone can give me tips til then plz help.
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October 29th, 10:53 AM
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When was the last time you flushed and filled the coolant?
If it's white smoke it sounds like you've got a coolant leak somewhere, possibly just a small one. I would get it checked out, if you don't you could hydrolock and really mess things up.
Either way, over heating and white smoke isn't good.
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October 29th, 06:14 PM
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White smoke?!? Does it have a turbo? Wouldn't necessarily explain the overheating, but it could be where the white smoke is coming from.
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October 29th, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by meatwadttm
my import *****ing rice burner*
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Theres your problem.
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October 29th, 08:01 PM
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head gasket?
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October 29th, 09:05 PM
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ocassional white smoke, especially this time of year, is always just condensation in the exhaust
overheating now and then, well it could be a list of things
i'll list them from an order of most expensive to fix to cheapest
1. cracked block, just a small crack that needs alot of heat to expand to make a problem
2. cracked head, ^^^^^
3. head gasket
4. intake gasket
5. cooling fans
6. relay
7. temp sensor
8 sticky thermostat
if its one of items 1-3, id suggest getting another car
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October 29th, 09:23 PM
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Sounds like a gasket or block, since it doesn't pop up till you warm up the car.
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October 29th, 09:28 PM
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Its pretty much sounding like what was wrong with the s10 when i bought it. Just a head gasket but thats just my situation. What car is it?
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October 30th, 08:17 PM
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been thru head gasket, tranny, and had my exhaust fall outta the manifold, so jon says
**** THIS
my dad's got fairly good credit, i'm gonna try to take out a loan and get a fairly new car.
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September 20th, 07:54 PM
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wow, long time since i made this thread, think I'll take a moment of silence for yoda. 
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