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White smoke from tailpipe and low oil pressure

I have a 95 Eclipse non turbo automatic and after the car has warmed up white smoke is coming from the tailpipe. Also my oil pressure gauge stays low and there is plenty of oil in it. It's even this way when I do an oil change. Please help!

  • Paul Marks Jul 30, 2012

    howdie sounds like head do a check on this first you go and bye a die that you put in your rad and it goes to the leak then for sure you can go from ther the oil presure means either a bad sending unit or worn pump depends on how many kms you have you can get presure gauge to make sure it is not your pump you find out the presure you are to have and go from ther

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How's the anti-freeze doing? Usually when you see white smoke coming out the tailpipe it's because you are getting anti-freeze in the exhaust somehow. Try to sniff it a little does smell like anti-freeze, or oil? I don't know why the oil pressure would be low unless you are getting anti-freeze in the oil. Does the oil look milky, knda like chocolate milk? The low oil pressure could also be a faulty gauge, you may want to have a mechanic put a mechanical gauge on the car for test purposes.

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