white smoke.

**gtpinsc** · 02-14-2011

so the gp i bought last night threw a CEL today.. i get home and im sitting in teh driveway @idle for 5 minutes or so.. i look in my mirror and see white smoke pouring out of the exhaust. i shut it down and let it sit for a minute. cranked the car back up and i have some pretty serious top end noise.. still dont know the code yet... but the car is under warranty and getting fixed for free.. kinda sounds like a bent valve maybe. oil doesnt look contaminated at all. however i popped my oil cap off and took a whiff and it smells strongly like gas. my first thought is o2 took a serious **** and filled cylinders up with gas. what do u guys think.

**TheOtherNick** · 02-14-2011

White smoke=coolant.

**gtpinsc** · 02-14-2011

hmmm... oil or smoke dont smell like coolant.. stuck my nose in oil filler cap and it smells strongly of gas.

**FordMan77** · 02-15-2011

Almost sounds like an injector got hung open and just kept filling a cylinder with fuel. Not sure this is common on the GP's, but I've seen other makes have this issue when the ECU takes a dump.

Top end noise could just be the fuel washing everything down since you said you can smell it in the oil. Def. need 2 oil changes and then see what you get. Hopefully the damage was minimal.

**gtpinsc** · 02-15-2011

ohhhhh no... i posted in wrong section... im N/A in teh new ride.

**Bio248** · 02-15-2011

moving..

**blueguy** · 02-16-2011

Intake gaskets took a crap?

Which is odd...since they are the revised ones.

**gtpinsc** · 02-16-2011

i would have never known from driving it, but the cat was clogged. i guess sitting at idle for as long as i did with no air movement under the car to cool it off.. it started burning **** in the cat? thats the only explanation for the smoke that can i figure out.. intake gasket is fine.