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jamesmetairie · 06-24-2006, 10:01 PM

1992 paseo with 145,000 miles. today while i was driving all of a sudden huge amounts of smoke started coming out of the exhaust . this car never did even smoke a little previously. also i heard something sounded like valves clicking,tapping,etc. this car had a few little oil leaks before. a little oil always drips out the bottom of the distributor. last week my shadytree mechanic replaced the crank seal ring. did timing belt a few weeks ago. question = what would make a paseo instantly smoke so much. i thought the car was on fire! thanks for any help you guys can provide.

NickR · 06-24-2006, 10:49 PM

Was the smoke white, black, or blue?

jamesmetairie · 06-25-2006, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by NickR

Was the smoke white, black, or blue?

it looked light blue or white. i started it today and it is still smoking even on initial start up cold. the coolant in the resivoir has a light shade of brown. i,m praying it ain,t got a blown head gasket or worst. NOTE = i failed to mention that i dogged the heck out of the car the night before it smoked. it is possible that i got close to the red line. thanks for you response.

***Tercel GTS*** · 06-25-2006, 05:22 PM

Does it seem to be skipping? Pull the plugs out and see if any are oil soaked/bent.

jamesmetairie · 06-25-2006, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Tercel GTS

Does it seem to be skipping? Pull the plugs out and see if any are oil soaked/bent.

thanks for the response.what does bent or soaked plugs signify?tell me there,s a small chance that it,s just a small problem. make my day.

***Tercel GTS*** · 06-25-2006, 08:56 PM

Well if only one is oily it'll at least tell you which cylinder is smoking if not all. You really don't want to see a bent one.

bobthebiker · 06-26-2006, 01:24 PM

If you saw a brownish color in your coolant, I got bad news for ya. that generally means head gasket go bye bye. check your oil for a color and consistancy of a milkshake. if you've got that, its head pullin time.

bent plug= mega trouble.

chris90T · 06-28-2006, 03:36 PM

was the smoke intermittent? did it ever stop? sometimes a failing(but not totally gone)vac booster for the master cylinder will do something like this, but you'll notice the vac. leak in the way the engine runs, unless its a very small pinhole, but either way you'll know soon.