white smoke at the tailpipe

**zechs** · August 24th, 2004 12:47 AM

hey guys..help me naman! i've been noticing a white smoke coming out of the tailpipe for the past 2 weeks now. we had it serviced for its 100T kms PMS then pagkabalik ng car sa amin..i noticed the white smoke na kaagad, which was never there before we had it serviced. so we decided to bring the car back again, this time the car was idling very bad, parang kulang sa gas or something and the white smoke, when i got the car last thursday, meron pa rin yung white smoke. so i told them kung naayos ba nila, sabi nila oo! hmm...fishy. anyway, we observed it for another week and still meron pa ring white smoke. we had it tuned-up again at servitek, to lessen the gas intake during idling to lessen the smoke hopefully but still meron pa rin.

what seems to be the problem? sorry kung mahaba ha? will be waiting for you inputs...

sabi nga pala ng friend ko na baka may nagspi-spill na oil kaya may white smoke? dont know about that really..

**speedyfix** · August 29th, 2004 09:20 PM

it could be many things. oil in the combustion chamber or fouled plugs.

worse yet, blown piston rings and/or valve seals. since the engine is kinda high milage there might be a possibility na ito yung reason.

**yebo** · August 29th, 2004 10:07 PM

you said "car" so i'll assume it is a gasoline engine we're talking about here.

well it has been raining the past 2 weeks. yun bang white smoke, does it disappear after it exits the tail pipe, or does it linger. if it disappears then it's probably just water vapor from the high humidity air. assuming of course that the water level in the radiator does not go down, which could be a leaking cylinder head gasket.

if it smells like oil, then iba na yan. could be leaking valve seals, worn oil control rings (or simply piston rings), etc. but then if it's oil the smoke will not be white, it will be gray.

**zechs** · August 31st, 2004 01:01 AM

sorry for the late update guys...sabi ng casa, baka valve seals daw sa may pistons...kailangan i-overhaul pero ang mahal! 100K!! do you think its a better idea to get a second hand car na lang? or when they do fix it, magiging "brand new" na ba or baka sirain pa din? baka kasi sayang lang pa-overhaul kung ganun din...

**yan_168** · August 31st, 2004 02:52 AM

pinaka worst is blown piston ring. try mo magpa-compression test muna para alam mo kung may sira sa internals mo. i think 300 pesos ata yung test eh.

**yebo** · August 31st, 2004 08:03 AM

e casa yun kasi kaya mahal. alam mo duda nga ako kasi pagkatapos ng 100k pms saka umusok yang kotse mo. hindi kaya ginawan ng milagro yan kaya umusok??? tapos pag balik mo dun sasabihin sa iyo overhaul at P100k ang sisingilin??? hmmmmm????

bili ka na lang ng surplus engine. ano ba ride mo kasi? pag car engine na 1600cc di ka pa aabot ng P25k andun na lahat ng gastos.

imho, overhaul on an engine that has only 100,000 km on it is premature, unless you have been driving your car hard.

**boydapa** · September 2nd, 2004 11:53 AM

duda rin ako dyan, malamang sinabotahe kotse mo. kaya ako pag nagpapagawa lagi nakatingin. hindi ka nakakasiguro na kapag inoverhaul yan oto mo matino na yan. malamang sirain lang yan uli ng pinuntahan mng shop

**pajerokid** · September 2nd, 2004 12:05 PM

medyo high mileage nga yung engine at it may be due for an overhaul indeed. hanap ka na lang ng mahusay and affordable na talyer who can do the operation for much less.... Yung Gen2 pajero overhaul ko went for 15k ALL IN.

**roninblade** · September 2nd, 2004 05:32 PM

wag mo na pagawa sa casa na yan baka madagdagan lang ang milagro sa kotse mo. di ganyan kamahal ang overhaul; yung pajero ng friend ko around 18K yung overhaul nung sa kanya.

may nag-quote sa akin around 7K yung labor ng overhaul ng kotse ko which is only a corolla xe. (meron na din kasing white smoke sa exhaust ko).

**zechs** · September 3rd, 2004 10:56 PM

hey guys..actually nagpa top overhaul na kami dun sa isang mekaniko na pinupuntahan lagi ng kapatid ko...and so far under 6K pa lang lahat ng gastos..including labor. actually tapos na yung engine, then nung tune-up time na, di makuha yung tamang timing, yun pala yung "timing gear" eh laspag na..so papalitan yun bukas =)

sabi nga pala ng mekaniko eh, may isang part dun sa engine, yung cylinder something im not so sure =); instead na pang 1.3L engine ang nilagay ng casa eh, pang 1.5L engine ang nilagay! eh talagang masisira yun! sus!