Need Help With Smoking Engine.
 

hey again.... i have another problem now that iam SOOOOOOOOO close to being able to drive her every day. i started the motor, and smoke comes out of the engine bay ONLY on the back passenger side near coolant reservoir. its not the reservoir and its not those fuel lines down there. any ideas? it smokes quite a bit.

the smoke comes out of here.
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THANKS!!!SmileWavy

also i wanted to add that when it runs it makes a hissing sound.

there is a small plate on the back side of the cam housing that is known to leak, could also be a head gasket leak ... either will drip oil on the manifold

ohh good god i hope its not the head gasket....:(:(:(

I wonder if the smoke is related to the leak that is causing the puddle you mentioned in the other thread.

What does the smoke smell like? Is it regular exhaust?

You might consider putting the car on jack stands, starting it up from cold, and then [carefully!!!] crawling underneath and look at the exhaust manifolds with a flashlight. Feel around the manifolds and see if you can feel where the exhaust is leaking.

N

i dont think its exhaust. it doesnt smell like the stuff that comes out of the tail pipe. and the leak that i saw was farther up front than the smoke towards the firewall. although it was mentioned in that other thread that the pipes i thought were leaking were the a/c pipes.lol. so i dont think those are whats leaking. this might be a case of 2 problems in one bag but i dunno what they are.:confused:

What is the thing that looks like a shower drain with the holes etc.?

its the charcoal filter thing that gets rid of gas fumes in the gas tank.

Coolant dripping on something hot?

Just behind the coolant reservoir, up in the tray area next to the windshield wiper mechanism is the blower motor for the air conditioning/ventilation. Lift the plastic tray off and examine this while the engine is running. It is possible that the motor is frying out. Mine simply started making a god-awful rumbling buzzing noise one day, and I had to replace it since its bearing went bad. It was a female dog getting that thing in and out....

Good luck!

N

It could be a valve cover gasket. Oil gets on the headers, and causes a bit of smoke.

it might just be that i didnt tighten all of those allen bolts that hold it on tight enough. i tightened the cam seal plate down cause the bolts were a little loose and there is oil around them but it feels like its old cooked oil. after that i started it up and after about a minute and a half of running it started smoking again. i dont know what this is but i REALLY hope its not the head gasket...... ill go tighten the cam cover allen bolts down and see what that does as you suggested.

ok so i just went under the car to see if i could tighten those allen bolts that hold the cam covers on and they were tight as hell. i could see though that oil was coming out of where i had removed the three allen bolts previously. so i lathered the joint between the block and the cam cover with headgasket sealer. when it dries, ill let you guys know if that was the problem or not....