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well my car has been sitting for like a month now in my month( can;t afford insurance) and i've been starting it up every 3 days or so and now on start up i get a tiny bit or white smoke that goes away after 3 min at idle but the smoke comes back when i rev it high 5000 - 7000
and i'm getting alot of water out of my muffler, i've had that from the start but i heard it was good<p>i know it might be a head gasket but just wanna hear what someone has to say

I do hate to day it but yes, it would appear a head gasket or a crack in the block or head. Check for water in the oil.

HI<p>the white smoke is just steam. because u don't drive it there is condensation in your exhaust. Also water is very normal in your tail pipe, especially if u idle fore a while. EWven a brand new car would have the same symptoms as you.<p>u have nothing to worry about. <p>cya

oh yeah and reving your car at 5-7k rpm at idle will f#@k it up real quick, then u will really need a new head gasket and rings. Never do it. All cars will have funny smoke if revved hard at idle. u have water and steam because your exhaust is not as hot as when u drive and u r not pushing out the gases like u do when u drive. <p>hope this helps

Its not normally a common thing that the white smoke will re-appear above 5000rpm... It it was running for an hour or so it would well have to to evap all water in the system... If at that point it dumped out white smoke then it would more than likely be coolant... This is also why it would be important to check the oil for water.

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Ayaz:
oh yeah and reving your car at 5-7k rpm at idle will f#@k it up real quick, then u will really need a new head gasket and rings. Never do it. All cars will have funny smoke if revved hard at idle. u have water and steam because your exhaust is not as hot as when u drive and u r not pushing out the gases like u do when u drive. <p>hope this helps<hr></blockquote><p>i don't rev the crap out of it when cold, i wait till the engine is hot then i'll rev it<p>and i think the problem is my iac gasket cause i've been having this problem since i put a escort gt tb, and i've been having bad idel problems aswell
i'm gonna get a new gasket and see if i still have the problem, i did an oil change today and it looked fine and my coolant looks fine too, hopefully it;s just the iac/tb