White smoke coming from exhaust pipe - READ ONLY

5 messages, Last post on Nov 24, 2003 at 9:28 PM

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#3 of 5 abs and tracs dashboard lights coming on by midewo Nov 20, 2003 (12:06 pm)
All, Any experience/help on what might be the problem when both the abs and tracs dashboard lights come on? Sometimes they are not on, but the majority of the time these both appear simultaneously. Is this just symptomatic of needing a brake job? Thanks in advance. /mike
#4 of 5 mike by Mr_Shiftright HOST Nov 24, 2003 (3:59 am)
You may want to post this in one of our brake topics. This topic is more about exhaust smoke. You can scan the topic list for the Maintenance& Repair Board or you can use our "search" feature to the left of this page. MrShiftright Host
#5 of 5 by 0patience Nov 24, 2003 (9:28 pm)
mopee, Make, model, year and engine? How does it run, like it doesn't want to idle? A couple things come to mind when you say it is smoking out of the engine compartment, but the main things would be head gasket problem, catalytic converter plugging or water in the fuel, but water in the fuel wouldn't have steam coming from the engine compartment. Check exhaust flow, replace fuel filter and have compression checked. That will help eliminate some things. just some ideas, but need more info to go on.