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I noticed recently that at red lights and while idling that an unusual amount of white smoke was being emitted from my exhaust...I checked my coolant this morning and it was a little lower than it should've been, but I am not getting any warnings on the display for low coolant...I had my valve cover gaskets done recently...while those were being replaced wouldn't the mechanic have noticed an issue with the gasket or am I wrong? What's the first step of action here? Get a compression test? Surely this is a head gasket issue?
Man this car is really burning a hole through my pockets...
Any chance this could be an issue with injectors or valve seals? When I put the car in drive and am moving there is no smoke, there is only smoke when the car is idling
if injectors your oil will smell like gasoline and your oil will become thinner due to gasoline in your oil.
if leaky valve seal, your oil would look normal, but you could have smoke from the exhaust in certain situations. (idle or lift off/snap closed throttle)
if your PCV system is bad you'll possibly have smoke out of your tail pipe. small amounts of oil will burn white to white with a blueish tint. large amounts of oil will burn bluish white out the tail pipe. inspection of spark plugs could assist with evaluation of leaky valve seal. PCV might be the issue you have as the W211 chassis is pretty old by now.
Wow...just received word from my mechanic that the car is fine, they let it idle for 10 minutes, took it for a drive, did some accelerations and were unable to replicate the white smoke problem...very strange. They also mentioned that my oil looks fine and is a normal colour...I think it’s time to get a second opinion.
Wow...just received word from my mechanic that the car is fine, they let it idle for 10 minutes, took it for a drive, did some accelerations and were unable to replicate the white smoke problem...very strange. They also mentioned that my oil looks fine and is a normal colour...I think it’s time to get a second opinion.
“did some accelerations” ... next thing you see on YouTube, e55 trapped 12.5 @ 120
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