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white smoke from breather pipe

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white smoke from breather pipe

Post by esp22 »

Hi, the other day my mates landcruiser diesel started blowing white smoke from the breather pipe....does this normally mean oil getting passed the rings in the piston?there is a new vehicle on the way and he wants to know how he can get this to stop until his new car gets thre?is there ay thicker oil that he can put in or something?

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Re: white smoke from breather pipe

Post by Nat84 »

esp22 wrote:Hi, the other day my mates landcruiser diesel started blowing white smoke from the breather pipe....does this normally mean oil getting passed the rings in the piston?there is a new vehicle on the way and he wants to know how he can get this to stop until his new car gets thre?is there ay thicker oil that he can put in or something?

Thanks
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Post by Chucky »

Is he using any water?
I'd get a colling system pressure test done to make sure I hadn't done a head gasket
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Post by shamozzle »

That's what I was thinking. White smoke, might just be a cracked head or head gasket
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Post by esp22 »

hi, had a look at it today and turns out to be cracked head...currently on 3rd bottle of chemiweld lol thanks for the help
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