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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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Default Loads of White Smoke!!!

I was driving in my saph cos 4x4 the other day when i went to overtake about 4 or 5 cars. Anyway i turned up the boost and floored it! Got about 2 cars up and the car seemed to lose most of its power and the amount of white smoke coming from the exhaust is unreal!

The car has a T34 turbo on it, could it be this thats fooked or have i melted my pistons?
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 01:34 PM
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white smoke is water....check the colour of your oil. if it's white then your head gasket is fucked
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 01:49 PM
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yep...headgasket is gone.
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 03:58 PM
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Haven't really seen any water in the oil though, runs like a bag of spanners though!
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Old Nov 1, 2004 | 04:32 PM
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its leaking water to the cylinders.
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Old Nov 2, 2004 | 07:26 AM
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Thanks for the advice mate!
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Old Nov 2, 2004 | 10:54 AM
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now you have a good excuse for fitting a metal head gasket.
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