Date:         Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:30:18 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: White smoke on startup, running rich?
Comments: To: Dustin Jones <jonesboy21@GMAIL.COM>
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Dustin Jones wrote:

>About 200 miles into my engine break in afte a rebuild, my 2.1L is blowing
>white smoke when I start it up. Smells like unburnt fuel, not sweet like
>coolant. I can see little drips of condensations coming out of the tail pipe
>that quickly evaporate. Am I running rich? Leaky injectors? Maybe I should
>take it to a shop and have the exhaust sniffed. I can't tell if it continues
>to smoke while I am driving, I don't see any trail of it. I hope it is not
>the head gasket, I will flip a lid!! I just got my baby running again after
>a 3 year hiatus from throwing a rod and blowing a hole in the engine
>block.....
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1) Blue-white smoke - oil
2) Black smoke - fuel

#1 - BTDT - burned a hole in a piston - pumped blue-white smoke before
total failure. Should have been warning enough. I didn't get the message
and got stranded on the side of the road half way between Somewhere, OK
and Nowhere, OK. on a Saturday night. Very bad spot to be in.

You may have a 1) ring failure of some kind 2) valve guide failure of
some kind.

A compression test will tell the tale.

Good luck.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver