What does alot (a whooooole lot) of white smoke coming out of the exhaust mean?

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1964 Dart 170(4 door), 225

blown headgasket or a cracked head Im thinking

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put your seatbelt on. Ima try sumthin

Proud NEW owner of a rusted project 1967 Plymouth Valiant with a 170 slant six

would that make my car undrivable?? cause it still drives. and i still drive it! haha. is that bad?

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1964 Dart 170(4 door), 225

It's really really cold outside.........

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

hahaha. thats what i thought at first but this is waaaaay to much smoke for that! picture being behind me at the mcdonalds drive thru.......all of a sudden it looks like a huge cloud has landed right on top of you that just lingers. thats what its like. plus i think i get high (from the fumes) as it leaks into my car.

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1964 Dart 170(4 door), 225

Does this happen after its warmed up? On a cold day it may take several minutes from a cold start to cook off all the condensation in the pipes. If this happens after a warmup, then its trouble....

Also, please don't joke about an exhaust leak into the cabin. CO is color less and odor less and is deadly - its not a game. If its leaking into the cabin park the car and fix it quick.

How are your oil and water levels?

I once drove a 1989 ford aerostar from chino, ca to riverside, ca on a cracked head. It was only like 60 miles or so



check your oil and water. If its coffee colored, then you have a headgasket leak.

if your oil is clean, you might be lucky and have a pinhole leak in the headgasket from a water source that dumps into your cylinder. Driving like this can erode the sparkplug

Do not drive it unless its an emergency, then you can loosen the radiator cap just a little, to relieve pressure.

But if there is an exhaust leak into the cabin, AND a blown headgasket, why would you risk it?

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put your seatbelt on. Ima try sumthin

Proud NEW owner of a rusted project 1967 Plymouth Valiant with a 170 slant six

its burning oil like crazy!!! i have to put oil in daily. i always warm my dart up before i drive away. it seems NOT to smoke as much while i'm warming her up but more so when im driving.

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1964 Dart 170(4 door), 225

"Go ahead and keep driving" is thoughtless advice. You are endangering yourself and everyone else who shares the road with you. Park the car now and give your engine the major attention it needs.

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Too many people who were born on third base actually believe they've hit a triple.

Blue white smoke indicates oil burning, and will be more pronounced under acceleration, or coast-down from WOT. Coolant vaporizing in the exhaust will look more like water vapor, and dissipate quickly, additionally it will smell sweet.

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67' Dart GT Convertible; the old Chrysler Corp.
82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp
07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC

Couple things:
1. If it's burning oil, it's probably getting by the valve seals, or the piston rings (most likely). It that case, it will need a rebuild.

2. If oil is actually leaking out, it could be leaking out of a broken gasket somewhere and dripping on the exhaust. (Ask me how I know this). However, if you can actually see smoke coming out of the tailpipe, then it's #1. In my case smoke was billowing out of everywhere, and I couldn't tell if it was coming from the exhaust or not.

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1963 Dodge Dart -225 Slant 6, 904, 2.76's, 18.84 @ 73
1970 Nova 12.53@108
1970 Bug 15.38@87

Sounds like you either have work piston rings or worn cylinder bores.

(1) Do a compression check
(2) Rebuild the motor if the compression check is low

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Casually looking for a Clifford hyperpak intake for cheap.

i know about blule smoke anit no fun and smells bad knid onf like burnin oil white smoke sounds like water ot tires

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1973 plymouth duster 225 slant six .30 over, erson 270 cam, 9.5 to 1 compression, big valves, headers, and a holley 4 bbl
http://cardomain.com/ride/3135091

hey that thing got a hemi? naw its just a slant six