motsco_ <motsco_@interbaun.com> wrote in
news:12uc3v9rmoug464@corp.supernews.com:

> nipracw@yahoo.com wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm the owner of a 1994 Honda Civic DX. Well anyhoo, I was driving to
>> work the other day, and all of a sudden my engine started missing.
>> Pulled up to a stop sign, and as I'm idling I look out my rear window
>> and I notice a plume of white smoke coming from my tailpipe... I
>> sputtered away from the stop sign and drove the rest of the way to
>> work (I was about 2 or 3 miles away by this point) leaving a contrail
>> of white smoke behind me...
>>
>> Got there, checked the oil, and there was no unusual milky residue or
>> anything. The coolant was low so I topped that off... after work I
>> brought it to the nearest garage, with the same symptoms on the way
>> (sputtering at idle, THICK cloud of smoke that, from as best I could
>> tell was steaming antifreeze)
>>
>> Haven't heard back yet, but it seems fairly obvious that it's the head
>> gasket. Unless there's something I'm missing?
>>
>> That being said, I have a couple of questions -
>>
>> 1. Two days prior I picked up a bottle of injector cleaner and added
>> it to my fuel. Is it possible that this somehow worsened the
>> condition, and made it manifest itself now?
>>
>> 2. Wouldn't there be residue in the oil if it's steaming this badly?
>> Or is it possible that the anti-freeze is steaming and being blown out
>> of the engine via the tailpipe without falling into the oil pan?
>>
>> 3. Is there anything else that could cause symptoms like this, or is
>> it pretty much guaranteed that my own assumption is correct?
>>
>================================
>
> Burning brake fluid makes a ton of white smoke. Had any problems with
> the system using brake fluid mysteriously?

how does BRAKE fluid get into the engine?
Bad vacuum booster? It would have to be quite a bit of brake fluid,and the
brakes would act strange.

>
> It could just be a valve sticking open, which will allow lots of oil to
> migrate into the hot exhaust manifold.
>
> 'Curly'
>



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