White exhaust smoke coming from the right side only

[olouieo]

I drove the car about 50 miles today and I notice white smoke coming from the right side only. ( not alot but enough to see) The only changes are, I just put chambered exhaust and a new K&N air filter. At first I thought burn off from installing the chambered exhaust but after 50 miles today I don't know.

Any ideas??????

PS. I removed the heat riser upon installing the chambered exhaust.

 

[Bob Chadwick]

Exhaust discharge is usually oil if blue, black is usually too much gas and white if coolant. Check your oil. Any water in it as evidenced by a milky consistency?

 

[Copdogcorvettes]

White smoke from the exhuast means water. Better start checking for a bad cylinder. This is most likely a head gasket that is blown.


Sorry,

Gary

 

[olouieo]

Well after further inspection it looks and feels more like oil, there are no leaks underneath or around any of the gaskets that I can see, all the coolant (water) seems to be there. I changed the oil about 100 miles ago it still looks clean but is low. The left tail pipe is dry this is the right. What do you think???

 

[olouieo]

valve seals???????? Anyone?????

 

[Craig -1965]

Sorry but my experience has been white smoke "steam" head gasket or cracked head. Do a compression test, that will be the tell all............ note how soon the smoke disapates..............

 

[olouieo]

how soon the smoke disapates..............

Right away, no coolant loss, just a little oil. :confused

 

[Vettehead Mikey]

Dude! You got somebody's finger stuck in your exhaust! Get it out quick!

 

[bradfordsvettes]

oil will also burn white but will hang in the air .coolant will disappate quickly and it will also smell sweet .my guess is oil you need to do a dry and wet compression test to see what is going on steve

 

[olouieo]

oil will also burn white but will hang in the air .coolant will disappate quickly and it will also smell sweet .my guess is oil you need to do a dry and wet compression test to see what is going on steve

I guess I just have to do a compression test. Never done it before should I try it or take it somewhere?? If I do take it somewhere how much should I pay for the test??? Thanks.

 

[The73vetteman]

If the smoke is white I'd put my $$ on the head gasket having failed. A compression test isn't hard to do. Buy yourself a tester and follow the instructions.

When you think about it, the bad news is that whatever has failed you're going to be into a cylinder head removal exercise. Sorry to be depressing but I'm afraid that's what you're looking at.
:cry
Let us know how it goes with the compression testing.
John

 

[jdp6000]

Did your problem start after you changed the exaust? Did the car burn a bit of oil before? Odd that an exaust change would cause white smoke.