White smoke and oil dripping - Yard Machines 24a 021h700 4.5 Horsepower Chipper/Shredder/Vacuum, Push Model

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smoke or steam.?
smoke lingers long, steam goes away fast
steam smells like antifreeze, sweet and nasty
smoke smells like, well, oil burning,

take eng. dip stick drip one drop of oil on a hot manifold
smell smoke, now.

Is it really smoke? (oil problem) ... or might it be steam? (head gasket or other water jacket trouble) If it is smoke it will smell like smoke and linger in the air. This would also account for the dripping oil. Do a compression test to rule out rings. DOUBLE CHECK THE LUBRICANT YOU ARE USING ... USE ONLY THE GRADE AND WEIGHT RECOMMENDED BY Honda for your CBR 600.

white were? the exhaust tip, or other spot, long pipe, name spot?
white, is steam or OIL.
oil smells like burnt oil and takes for ever to dispate
steam is water, and smells , sweet due to 50% glycol inside.
and goes away fast.
but all Gas engines make water at all the time running as a by product of combustion and for sure on cold days, some times full time cold
due to climate effects.
does your neighbors car smoke at same time, (look)
bingo , dew point.

all gas engine smoke cold started, (steam)

so first find out what it is,
take the dip stick out of a hot engine. stalled, drip it on the exhaust
see that smoke ,smell it? that is burning oil
now you know what you have, steam or oil. smoke.

Regarding 2001 audi a6 quattro 2.7t....i was driving to work the car was fine then white smoke starting coming from under the hood and tail pipe. i stopped veilce and alot of oil was dripping from front of car. I towed it home and i looked under the hood and there was oil from valve cover gasket. i let the car sit for a few days, had it running again for a good hour and no white smoke was coming out. I removed the valve cover and gaskets are all bad. i want to know can the valve cover gasket leak cause the white smoke to come from exhaust pipe?

no year, ?

try a new spark plug e and then if wires to spark plug , replace that too. and cap and rotor if it has that....?????



then when spark is good, check compression with any $20 gauge.

no year, i give up.

1976 accord? surely ive no clue.



smoke has 3 colors, (my rules not ASE)

1 black fuel (flooding etc) can seem gray but is black .

2: white and lingers., oil burning , bad. news.

3: white and fades fast, is STEAM, like moms tea pot, look next time..

smell white smoke, smells sweet, its toxic antifreeze.

smells like oil dripped on an hot exhaust? that is the smell of oil burning



smoke where, under front of car, or at the end of the tail pipe. ?????????????



how you like my smoke rules, even mom can figure it out.

Sounds more like the engine has been tipped, oil can then enter the air filter box via the engine crankcase breather, allow the engine to run with the filter removed until the smoke clears, refit a new filter if it is a paper element type and try again.

make sure oil is at the correct level , remove exhaust muffler drain all oil if any, reinstall and run it until smoke clears , it should not take too long . Make sure engine is cool when working on any component

It sounds like a lot of "blow-by" which means the rings or piston is leaking compression in high amounts carrying oil and water vapor to collect onto the vent where it drips.

the oil ring is shot, add some oil sealer to oil ,worked for me

I don't drive a Ford but I drive an International and white smoke on start up means the engine is too cold to properly burn the fuel. Your black oil or soot is unburnt fuel. You should look at your engine's preheat system for a malfunction.