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| Author: | markjs [ Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Steam? |
My engine does not appear to burn oil. No smell of oil burning and no blue smoke, and it only ever seems to need oil once a week (I drive 50 hard miles a day), and that I attribute to weeping gaskets. What I am not getting though is that the car "steams" through it's exhaust hot or cold. It constantly puts out a steady stream of steam. What gives? |
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| Author: | steponmebbbboom [ Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:10 am ] |
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coolant consumption? Check the level in your rad? |
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| Author: | Dennis Weaver [ Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Steam? |
Quote: My engine does not appear to burn oil. No smell of oil burning and no blue smoke, and it only ever seems to need oil once a week (I drive 50 hard miles a day), and that I attribute to weeping gaskets. What I am not getting though is that the car "steams" through it's exhaust hot or cold. It constantly puts out a steady stream of steam. What gives?
Sounds to me like it burns a quart every 250 miles. That's pretty significant oil consumption, dude. If all that oil were getting by your gaskets or seals, it'd be a steady drip. Sure it's steam? If so, and it's hot and it's not a frigid cold and damp day, I'd say you have a coolant leak into a combustion chamber, probably a bad head gasket.D/W |
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