LS400rocksthewo

Steam comes out of my exhaust, and when i rev the car, its a lot more steam i am assuming its because it pushes the steam that was in the car

my car is a 1993 ES 3000 137000 and i love the car
also i think i have more water in the radiator than coolant for the past few day the radiator hose had a hole and steam just kept shooting out and i only toped the car off with water.


your advice and tips will be great thanks

Walnut

That's a blown head gasket usually.

LS400rocksthewo

ah man is it over i really like the car
i mean it is fast and quick
oh and few days ago when i started it up it was shaking hard than i did some hard revs and it went way had not had it ever since

thanks for replying

these cars aare great

Parker Gen

If it's a blown head gasket you should also see some milky texture in the oil... it's not over, you just replace the gasket.

1993ES300x

yeh try taking out the dip stick and see if the oil is "oil " like .. if it's somewhat of a milky or watery... then yeh BHG.... i used to own the same car.. and when i blown my Head Gasket.. i just drove till it die on me.. fixing it would of been almost 1000, replacing the engine is almost the same price..... up to you my friend..

Parker Gen

How long did it last before it died? How many k's did you do with a BHG?

Lazy

iTrader: (2)

Depends on the color of the smoke. It could be other things.

1993ES300x

i drove it for another 8K.. i think it can still go about 5k more or so.. but i wouldn't know.. it was a Pain in the a$$$ tho.. i was only driving it from home to school back then.. and i have to check the coolen reverser every 3 days to make sure there still something left.. and refill it with water. (it was hard times back then in college)... driving it for long distance for say,,, an hour would overheat. or the oil would get dark and sluggesh... well anyways i ended up donating it to charity...


as for the different type of smoke.. there are about three types.. if you always get one of these type of smokes .. then it must be...

black = bad gas
blue = bad piston ring
white = BHG

mccorklj

The only way to know is to have a compression test done. Even with that sometimes you can't be sure until you pull the head. If the engine was hot when you put water in the radiator this could be serious. But you won't know until you check.