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Old 11-Jun-2006 | 12:10 AM
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white smoke after coolant flush?

Hi everyone


I flushed my coolant system today....drain / flush / added leak stop solution / filled it up.

I saw some water droplette and smoke with sweet odor initially but it is gone.

Normal or is it serious?

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by the way...it's an 88 hatch with 140000 on it
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 12:38 PM
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probobly normal I dont' really understand your question was it out of the exhaust..?

and yes sweet = coolant burning possibly spilt some on engine etc and it burned off if it went away you are fine
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 02:10 PM
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THanks for your reply

yes it is out from the exhaust.....but it is gone now. I hope it is not a big problem.
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 02:11 PM
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by the way....smoke colour was white
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 02:31 PM
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UR fine. chill out dawg.
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 04:15 PM
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thank your the reply

I was worry about my gaskets......Hope this car can last about about 2 - 3 years for me.
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 05:19 PM
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white smoke should not be coming from the exhaust...why did u add a leak stop additive?
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 06:05 PM
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I thought that it's an old car and wouldn't hurt to add some....but now there is no more white smoke.... still a concern?
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 06:07 PM
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well as long as its gone I wouldnt worry about it...but if it comes back then u might have something to worry about.
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 06:23 PM
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that is not normal.. how long was it burning coolant for?

And I wouldn't of used stop leak.. honda specifically states not to use any addictives into your fluids. I'm not sure if that only applies to trannys and crankcase though.
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 07:09 PM
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The amount of white smoke is very minimal but it was there for ~ 2 minutes after the flush....with some sweet odor. but it is completely gone now....and it has never happened before.
Old 11-Jun-2006 | 08:13 PM
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mabie its head gasket time


that wil be 400-500$ 2 get that fixed
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