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Originally Posted by halfpint
Another day in the garage with more hours looking to find the problem means more money for him
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DUMP your mechanic, he should be charging you a flat rate to diagnose the problem. If he needs to spend more than one day diagnosing white smoke, (which can only be one of several problems) then he is incompetent and/or taking you for a ride.
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Originally Posted by BestXXXPorn
or oil... a small leak will barely be noticeable on a compression test... a small leak can be within the boundaries of "ok"...
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Oil will never create white smoke, either way he should have performed a leak down test.
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Originally Posted by Waddymelon
white means coolant leak somewhere, into the combustion chamber. Usually a cracked head or a bad head gasket.
grey or blue-grey means oil is getting into the combustion chamber, either past the piston rings or thru the valve guides.
black means the air/fuel mixture is 'too rich'; meaning its getting too much fuel
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Yup.