Re: smoke from one exhaust pipe only

Posted by curpack On 2018/8/27 14:52:30

Hi there,

Today I did some tests on the engine. A vacuumtest and testing the coolant for combustion gases.
The vacuumtest was steady at 18 on idle dropping to almost 0 on acceleration and climbing to 20 and settling again at 16-18 on deceleration.
The coolant test was negative at first but after the engine warmed up some more I repeated it and the testliquid turned lightgreen from blue.
Also I watched the tailpipes closely having another person accelerate and maintaining a high RPM. There was smoke at first but that disappeared at the higher RPM but instead I noticed the left tailpipe squirting quite some water.
That leaves me to conclude from your remarks that I have a coolant leak ( though coolant and oil are clear).
I will try to find someone who has the hardware to do a leakdown test and I could do a compression test myself but I think there is enough proof to take down the heads and look for a gasket leak ( or worse).Any other opinions or suggestions?

Would it be safe to drive the car no more than a couple of 100 miles in this condition?