reamo04

well, my car has been in the same spot for about 2 months now. It has been started 3-4 times in that, but that was all before christmas time. (dec. 20th is the last time it was ran). Now, heres the story

-Ive been doing some work on it, where it was on jackstands.
-It was ran twice for about 10 minutes total open headers
-The front was 6-8" higher than the back of the car

Now, I started it today, and it was puffing white smoke and leaking out a water mixture out of the exhaust.
I popped the hood, and there was very faintly white smoke coming out, couldnt tell where from though.

Now, it didn't haev a bad headgasket or anything when I put it on the stands, it was actually mechanically perfect.

Just wondering what your thoughts are. I'm thinking the watery mixture out of the exhaust could just be condensation in the exhaust piping and such since its been a while. Maybe the white smoke out of the exhaust is cause the gas has sat that long?

6SpdLT1Z

I'd check the plugs and run the fuel out of it. Perhaps try some fuel injector cleaner.

powerslide350

White smoke means oil, prob leaking past the valve guid seals. water in the exhaust is probably just condensation, unless it dosnt go away after warm up or smells like antifreez.

What kind of work did you do to it? sometimes you can get greasy handprints on the exaust manifolds and or spill some oil on them and when you crank it up afterwards it will burn off causing the smoke. Or you could have something toutching the exaust so double check everything.

dangalla

usually oil is blue, coolant is white, fuel is gray

i would run it a bit and see if it clears up or gets worse, did the smoke smell sweet?

reamo04

smoke didnt smell like anything really, but, i drove it around for a bit, brought it back, and it was all cleared up. Hopefully it was just from it sitting so long.

mdacton

Probly condensation
You will smell a head gasket, smell oil and fuel probs too

reamo04

see, im not sure if it had a smell to it or not because i was already covered in oil, but i know it wasnt oil cause it was whitish/grayish
oh well, its gone now...but, i dont want to know how it likes it when im gone for 4 years and its in storage