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Quick! Radiator Drain Plug

At this point i say stop what you are doing and get someone who has more knowledge over to help you. If any member is close to him please help him out and take a look at his car before he jacks something up messing with it. You gave it a shot Pontiac Racer but get some knowedgable eyes on that thing.
 
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Thanks dude, but no one is gonna come down near Madison, WI to tell me what's wrong with my car. I mean everyone thinks I'm a b*tch so no one would want to work on my car with me. This problem only came up after I attempted to flush my coolant out. Nothing internally is broken. My best bet is its coolant from the surface that's leaking or seeping into cracks and crevices its not meant to be in. I mean if you think of it, there's not a lot that could cause this problem. All areas coolant could escape that I removed were: thermostat housing, upper radiator hose, and radiator cap. All 3 were tightened down and properly put back together. Coolant got all over the car and I sprayed everything down with water. After taking the oil cap off, water was at the top, but that's normal. I'll have a video up tomorrow, but I think it'll just go away in a day or so.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaECtUpknQc&feature=youtu.be

Here's the video. Smoke wasn't as bad this time. There was some on the passenger side by the headers my brother pointed out. Then when I took the oil fill cap off, there was some in there too. It smelled like burning coolant. Radiator was low, but only just a little. Still not too sure what it was. Let me know if you need more videos or pics.

Note: this was about 10 minutes of driving and you can the temperature is about halfway to normal.
 
What's sad is I'll be in Madison in 2 weeks. And would be happy to swing by and look at it with you if it fits in the schedule.
 


Ok.. let's level set here a bit. If you've spilled fluids around the engine bay and worked on the car, then you are going to have stuff burning off the exhaust. I don't care how careful you are.. it's a given. It'll take a good 5-10 after the car has been up to temp before it'll slow down and disappear. Doesn't matter if you cleaned it down or not. At the least..you'll have that water you rinsed with all over in cracks and that'll boil off.

Valve cover... totally different and unrelated, also very normal if your pcv might need to be replaced. Check your pcv, then leave the valve cover cap on the engine. Read up on the function of a pcv and it'll make a lot more sense as to why you are seeing the "smoke".

:th_thumbsup-wink: Keep asking questions, you are learning a lot very quickly and ... you'll be learning for quite a long time to come. Engines etc get easier the more you learn.
 
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