mjc928

Hey everyone. So I've been having white smoke come out of my tail pipes for some time now. I've read on other threads that is more than likely condensation or coolant or something of that nature. My question is: is this something i should be concerned over and what do I need to do to make it stop?

built91Z28

Is it a lot of smoke? If so, is the car overheating, loosing coolant, or loosing power? If so, it could be a headgasket.

mjc928

Yea theres a good amount of smoke. I do have to check the coolant every other day. My mechanic had the car and said that it smoked on him but it went away after awhile. He said it was nothing to worry about but it hasnt done this before.

TNT_Z28

by "check the coolant" do you mean you have to add to it because its disappearing?

mjc928

yes. I check the water/coolant level(the container infront of the battery). I do have to replace it at times...

mjc928

Ok well if it's a headgasket problem what does that entail? And how much would I be looking at?

JakeJr

Depends on whether you can do the work or not. If you can turn the wrenches, less than $100; significantly more if you can't.

Jake

mjc928

haha well i can turn a wrench but Im really uneducated about repairs. I can do basic stuff...

shanep1991

to me, a headgasket is pretty basic, you have to be more patient and it takes a bit longer also, its really honestly easy, the hardest thing is getting the headbolts torqued down right but if you have a manual its easy, i had no clue what i was doing when i did my first one, noone to go to with advise or anything, i just got a manual and did it, if your confident about yourself you will have no problem