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I am losing antifreeze no leaks and white smoke

We are losing antifreeze over heating sometimes and white smoke can someone please help

  • finaltouchll
    finaltouchll Nov 23, 2012

    thank you i was driving today and it was smoking then i stoped and look and there was no smoke .dont know if that means anything but i was thinking of putting a sealer in do you know if it works

  • montehammons Nov 23, 2012

    I've heard of a product with sodium silicate (liquid glass), called I think Liquid Steel, or something like. Some say it works. Follow directtions carefully.

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White smoke means the car is burning antifreeze, along with gas. One of your head gaskets has blown out and will have to be replaced. Also the cause for overheating. A block test or compression test will confirm it, and tell you which head gasket is out, whether left bank or right bank of engine.
Sorry for the bad news, ft, cylinder head repairs are expensive.

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  • Posted on Jul 14, 2009

SOURCE: losing a gallon of antifreeze every 50 miles

try some rad weld added to the resevior it will plug any small leaks that you wouldn't notice

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  • Posted on Sep 09, 2009

SOURCE: 95 escort smoke from vents vibration when accelerating why??

The smoke you could be seeing may be steam, your heater inside the vehicle may have a leak and causing steam to rise out of the vents, if you are smelling the steam this is what I suspect.
Engine vibration could be a number of things, check the engine mounts to start, one of them is probably broken.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 04, 2010

SOURCE: no heat, enginge died, antifreeze leaked, won't start again

car overheated.after it cools off try to start it again, if it dont start...check oil and see if it lookd like water is in it(milky)....if the oil looks like its milky or sludgy ..you may have a cracked head...thanks

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 21, 2010

SOURCE: white smoke coming from the exaust. losing water,

I don't know what engine you have, but is usually caused by an intake gasket leak, or a head gasket leak

roland

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  • Posted on May 04, 2011

SOURCE: Started white smoking and losing

if you are losing coolant and and producing white smoke from the tailpipe you have the classic sign of a bown head gasket. usually this smoke is accompanied by a bitter sweet odor. most common causes are severe engine overheating or severe misfire(flashing check engine light). take the car in for a diagnosis.

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