My car was running fine then i was at a stop when i went to take off car stalled a little then white smoke poured out of the tailpipe. I put it in reverse and backed down into a parking spot and cut it off and it won't start since. My car never ran hot once and there's no water in the oil at all. I've had a blown head gasket before and had the motor rebuilt about 2 years ago. My motor did sound like it had a little tap. When i check the oil it shows full.
White smoke is coolant getting into the engine cylinder and sounds like a gasket blew!
SOURCE: the car turns over but
The plastic upper intake manifold will leak water into the combustion chamber and drown out the plugs or may cause a hydraulic engine lock. How far did you drive it hot? 3800's are not known for having a head gasket problem. I have seen some rookie mechanics change the head gaskets and replace engines only to find out that it was the upper manifold after they cranked it up with old one on it. Do you know if it was leaking water externally or why it ran hot?
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these cars have issues with coolent getting into the intake... headgaskets are not one of the issues . check plugs for coolent. upper plastic intake has coolent flow in to chambers if u will, and over time they get micro cracks and brittle ...lower intake manifold gaskets are plastic also. ..cyl. heads are cast iron not alluminum . lower intake manifold is alluminum and upper intake is plastic .. on my lesabre a plastic 90 degree elbow connected to the lower intake manifold to the heater hose housing. the belt tensioner is connected to this housing im refering to. not saying for sure, but if it is this is usually why...
SOURCE: wont start
yea the white smoke,low coolant and probably overheating. sounds like poss cracked head or head gasket... intake maybe but i think thats wishful thinking...
SOURCE: white smoke coming from the tail pipe when i start the car
if its happening during non cold weather then you may have a head gasket going bad and need replacement.you can have a combustion chamber test and a co test done on the cooling system to see if anything shows.be aware that may not show a problem depending on how early on the gasket is in deterioration.have you had to add coolant to the system or have recently noticed the level going down in the overflow bottle or rad.this is another way of showing a possible head gasket problem.white smoke indicates the burning of coolant.
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