help! just did a headgasket..

[ghost_ryder35]

Originally Posted by 89corolla4wd

what i meant is that i corrected the distributor issue. Now the car is smoking. Cant really tell if its water or oil. i know water is white and oil smoke is bluish but its hard to tell. So now i checked the compression and its 180,180,165,190. its greater than 10 percent difference . i'm thinking it means number 3 cylinder is the culprit. I was just asking can anything else cause excessive smoke coming from the tail pipe such as water leaking into the throttle body from the coolant passages in the throttle body some cars have. Not sure about the corolla.

yes the water from the throttle body can cause smoke... are you consuming any oil? you probally have a bad pistion ring on cylinder 3 and or the new headgasket got pinched there and is still leaking into the cylinder. pull the number 3 spark plug and look to see if it has oil on it, or is wet from coolant

[schn0354]

White smoke from the exhaust indicates coolant leaking into the combustion chamber. Watch your antifreeze level to see if it goes down. Also watch the oil level to see if it goes up. These conditions are usually the result of a head gasket not sealing properly. If you have a problem with the rings, it often shows up in the form of oil consumption. Check your spark plugs and match them to an indicator chart to find out what is going on in the combustion chamber.

[tnmk]

It shouldn't be hard to tell if the smoke is blue or white. With mine it was very noticebly dark blackish blue. White is like the steam you see from the exhaust of all cars in the winter.

But as you're being told, watch your fluid levels.

[diver9000]

I would have to say that it isnt torqued properly or you ripped the gasket. Did you replace your head bolts? From what I understand they stretch and they need to be replaced when replacing the headgasket.