Alright guys, anybody know if this is normal? Just had the oil changed at the dealership 3 weeks ago. I noticed some white smoke from the exhaust this morning, and I went to check for coolant in the oil. It wasn't frothy or anything (definitely discolored though), but it reeks of gas.

Any ideas?

 

rings

 

Well, this is the second motor in the car...it has 3000 miles on it. Should be a fun trip to the dealer.

 

yeah....fun like a death march!

 

piston rings...when they start leaking and losing compression you can get gas in the oil

 

icic...sooo is that an easy fix? how long does it take?

 

that is not an easy fix....you would have to take of the head (which includes cam and getting the timing chain off), pull the pan, take the bolts out of the rods, get the pistons out, swap the rings, compress and fit the pistons back in, bolt it up, re-do all of your timing, and reverse the process....ALOT of time and effort....and while you are in there you could just go ahead and throw in some nicer rods/pistons

 

Not to sound dumb or anything, but could that also cause the white smoke? The car has a serious hesitation off idle and will have some white smoke in the exhaust. Occasionally the car will backfire and belch some black smoke. The exhaust is generally very wet also.

 

yes that could...it would be burning oil due to the failed seal between the piston and the sleeve

 

mine has smelled like gas for the last 20,000 miles and my compression is fineand the car runs perfect.

 

Is there an easy way to tell? This car has been a total lemon and I would love to go into the dealer with some solid info...

 

mines under warranty so i think they should cover it right?

 

well...they could do a compression test...and maybe see some oil in the tail pipe...and gas in the oil / white smoke is a dead give away.

but i see you have 60#'s ...so that means a tune...you might be lucky if they do it for free...

 

yeah true they changed a valve cover gasket a few weeks ago an didnt say anything so i think i might get lucky

 

maybe...lol...but if they are going to pull your whole motor apart i think they might look with a little more of a "fine comb"...

 

Very good info. I'm guessing that belching black smoke and soot mixed with water in between the white smoke signals is a bad sign?

 

lol yeah ..well thanks for all the info man i appeciate it

 

the black smoke is just your engine running rich...even my car spits black smoke on a hard shift or what not. and the water could be condensation inside the exhaust pipe.

 

yup...its when its white / blue smoke you have to be concerned

 

Yeah. the white smoke is what concerned me first. It seems like this car has run rich from day one anyway.

 

If you are talking about an SS/SC...then yeah, they run rich like crazy

 

Sorry, I should have mentioned that It is an 06 SS/SC, bone stock. The motor was replaced in January of this year because the timing chain guides failed (at least this is what they told me).

 

my oil has always smelled like that , is the white smoke condensation when its cold or does it happen when your on it ? My tail pipe is always black at every car wash, and it will drip water when warming up in the morning. My car runs great thou.

 

ok, if its cold then you could get condensation...but if its above the dew point you shouldnt have that problem and you should not have anything white coming out of there. The reason it is black is due to the car running rich, they do that from the factory...and the dripping water is from the catalytic converter, it turns some emissions into water which is ejected out the tail pipe.

 

Hehhe i know , i was just letting the OP know that some of that stuff is normal. The white smoke would be a worry thou .