White smoke(coolant)

[Ceejkay]

Well got the truck starting and running good, now i have a constant stream of white smoke. smells like coolant. pulled #1 plug and it wasnt white. truck is running better than ever. where do i start?


also oil is not frothy and doesnt show signs of water, i ran it for about 15min with no change, coolant temp didnt spike or anything.

 

[Trippers99hoe]

Did you just do the intake gaskets ???

 

[Ceejkay]

opened the radiator cap relieved the pressure, started it up a little puff of white. its been running for about 30 min drove it around the block a few times and it hasnt come back... WTF???

---------- Post added at 04:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:03 PM ----------

nope all i did was water pump, starter, spider, plentium gaskets were done, cam shaft and crank shaft sensors

 

[Trippers99hoe]

Very odd indeed....I am gonna defer to more experienced folks on this one.

 

[Ceejkay]

just got done washing the truck, so it sat off for about 30min. started it up no smoke.then check radiator no coolant loss. i know i should be okay with this but im not. there is something wrong but i cant trouble shoot it. yesterday after i did all the work i drove it around for about 2 hrs. i am just at a loss for ideas, im gonna let it sit for a few hours and see where im at. but in the meantime any ideas are appreciated.

 

[96ProCompTahoe]

did you spray down the spider or anything with any kind of cleaner? this is exactly why i went ahead and did the lower intake gaskets as well.

if it was me i would go through all the plugs and check for signs of water, keep an eye on the radiator, and if nothing on the plugs i would drive it and keep an eye on it.

 

[Ceejkay]

thanks procomp, i think ive narrowed it down to a few things; slightly warped head(s), deteriorating head gasket, or a small crack. how i came up with these conclusions you ask? well when the truck was cold i had the coolant in the exhaust, when it was warmed up nothing. so my first order of business will be to start it up tomorrow see if i have smoke, the truck will be plenty cold. If i dont get smoke i will call it good and monitor it. If smoke occurs the valve covers will come of and do a head retorque. so this is my starting point, it will be a few days before im completed with these steps due to wanting to tq the heads when they are cold

 

[SunlitComet]

Retorque heads, just to make an official reply.

 

[Ceejkay]

ok so the truck sat off for a full 24 hrs before i started it. Started it up..... NO SMOKE.. i have done alot in the last few days, cleaned a bunch of stuff, ect, ect. i dunno maybe somehow coolant got somewhere but i cant do anything if it doesnt do it more than 1 time. i will monitor it. i did how ever pulled all the plugs and none of them showed signs of water ingestion.

 

[SunlitComet]

run the engine for a while and check in a few hundred miles for ash deposits on outer electrodes.