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dejavudogg
10-19-2006, 11:24 PM
my car smokes after it warms up and it smokes just a little.. I blown my head gasket 1 month ago. i fixed it and now thats my prob the car drives fine but it just smokes after the water temp gets to half way. any ideas????
Minglor
10-20-2006, 12:22 AM
What color is the smoke?

When does it smoke?

How much?
dejavudogg
10-20-2006, 01:03 AM
the smoke is white, it's just a little stream of smoke, and it only smokes after the car gets warmed up...
wam-crx
10-21-2006, 02:58 PM
retorque your head. alot of times you need to torque the motor run it for a while and then re torque it
civic97
10-21-2006, 03:06 PM
did you check to make sure everything was all nice and flat and smooth?
JaredKaragen
10-21-2006, 05:14 PM
sounds like a water leak... did you have your head hydrostatically tested (you should with a blown headgasket normally if it has gotten hot at all ever)?

try re-tq'ing your head down... maybe 1lb higher to make sure.... see if it helps...

did you have your head milled or checked for flatness? did you clean off ALL of the gasket before re-installing?

white smoke means your burning water.... not a good sign if u just did a headgasket.
dejavudogg
10-25-2006, 08:28 PM
yea i bought a scraper and sat there taking my time making sure the head was smooth and no gasket resdue was left.. i'll try torqueing the head down a little more. also how can i check the timing??? I want to make sure I have it just right .. when i reassembled the car i just put everything back the way it was.. thnks for all the help .. 93 dx d15b7..