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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / April 2007I dont know why my mustang smokes
Recently my 84 5.0 mustang has been pouring white smoke out of the tail pipes. It starts and runs fine but it started smoking recently. I noticed the smoke after driving it a couple days after I filled it with premium gas. Also I think my car burns oil. I use 5W30 motor oil and I was wondering if I should be using something different. I dont know if the smoke is related to the oil or not. Thanks in advance for your advice. > Recently my 84 5.0 mustang has been pouring white smoke out of the > tail pipes. It starts and runs fine but it started smoking recently. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > know if the smoke is related to the oil or not. Thanks in advance for > your advice. White smoke is usually a result of water. Have you checked your coolant to see if you're losing it? You could have a leaking or blown head gasket that is putting water into the combustion chamber. You may want to check your oil to see if it's milky. That would be from water getting into the oiling system, which could also be a symptom of a blown head gasket. Steve E. 72 Skylark Custom455 > White smoke is usually a result of water. Have you checked your > coolant to see if you're losing it? You could have a leaking or blown > head gasket that is putting water into the combustion chamber. You > may want to check your oil to see if it's milky. That would be from > water getting into the oiling system, which could also be a symptom of > a blown head gasket. When I checked my oil the dipstick did look a little milky. How hard is it to replace my head gasket? Is it okay to drive my car the way it is? Thanks for your advice ' > When I checked my oil the dipstick did look a little milky. How hard > is it to replace my head gasket? It's not a big deal on ford small block, but I've only done the tear-down part to help a friend on a 289. > Is it okay to drive my car the way it is? Over the internet it's hard to say. It's not good to drive the car if it is the head gasket, if it's minor enough all that will happen is the engine gets steam cleaned inside the cylinder(s), if it's bad major pieces break and take others with them. > > White smoke is usually a result of water. Have you checked your > > coolant to see if you're losing it? You could have a leaking or blown [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > is it to replace my head gasket? Is it okay to drive my car the way it > is? Thanks for your advice If you're getting water into your oil, then it will have an effect on oil's primary job - lubricating the rotating parts. It could cause internal engine damage eventually. As far as being hard to do, it depends on what you can do. Here's an article relative to the later fuel injected 5.0's: http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/5892/ Yours may not be as bad since you don't have to worry about depressurizing the fuel system, etc... You'll need to remove the intake manifold and heads to do it though (and everything that attaches to them). Steve E. 72 Skylark Custom455 >Recently my 84 5.0 mustang has been pouring white smoke out of the >tail pipes. It starts and runs fine but it started smoking recently. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >know if the smoke is related to the oil or not. Thanks in advance for >your advice. I wondered the same thing about my teenage daughter. Fortunately, she gave it up when she got married. blue smoke is oil, white is coolant. 5W30 should work in most cars. >>Recently my 84 5.0 mustang has been pouring white smoke out of the >>tail pipes. It starts and runs fine but it started smoking recently. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I wondered the same thing about my teenage daughter. Fortunately, she > gave it up when she got married. > blue smoke is oil, white is coolant. 5W30 should work in most cars. 5 is the low end temperature wont "fix" his problem. |
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