Why does my Chevy Silverado have white smoke coming from the exhaust?
The color of your exhaust can tell you a lot about the health of your Chevy Silverado’s engine and emissions systems. When there is white smoke coming from the exhaust, it can mean a few things. It’s not necessarily anything to be concerned about.
What does white smoke mean on a Duramax engine?
White smoke from an LB7 Duramax engine often indicates faulty injectors. We’ve heard of rollin’ coal, but rollin’ snow? Not a good sign. Blowing white smoke is a red flag for your diesel engine, yet we see this happen all the time to our customers.
How to help my 5.3 is blowing some white smoke?
Re: Help! my 5.3 is blowing some white smoke! Get your hand in front of the exhaust oulet and smell it when it happens. If it’s oil, it’ll smell like oil. If its coolant, it won’t and you may smell a hint of antifreeze. Watch your coolant level for any dissappearance.
Why is my spark plug blowing white smoke?
White smoke can also be coolant. If it has a sweet smell that’s a pretty good indicator that you’re burning coolant and not oil. Although (IMHO) it would be weird to not burn coolant continually, so oil is probably more likely. Re: Help! my 5.3 is blowing some white smoke! Maybe your spark plugs just elected their new pope!
The color of your exhaust can tell you a lot about the health of your Chevy Silverado’s engine and emissions systems. When there is white smoke coming from the exhaust, it can mean a few things. It’s not necessarily anything to be concerned about.
What kind of truck blows out white smoke?
Hello, I own a 2003 Silverado 2500HD 6.6L Duramax with 286k miles. As of recent, the truck will blow out white smoke after a couple of minutes of running. The owner before me didn’t take the best of care of the vehicle and have been fixing things as I go.
Why is my Duramax blowing white smoke like a bug?
May be the Injection pump. Not sure about D-Max, but Cummins was famous for them. Cummins would throw a code, smoke white like a bugger and have trouble getting to 2000 rpm. Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group.
What should I do if I have white smoke coming from my exhaust?
In order to fix it, drivers have to remove the intake manifold and examine the intake gasket. If there is any leak or rust, you know where to repair. If it is fine, we move to step number 2. Remember to only perform this step when the intake gasket is working fine. After that, we will come to the head gasket.