mrchacon

I was driving my fiances car today and when i parked i noticed a wierd smell coming from the ac... i ran out popped the hood and noticed some very very light white smoke coming from the back left corner of the engine... what could it be?

picture below of the engin and circled red where the smoke was coming from...

mrchacon

btw the smell was very light and dissappeared quickly..

llcoolpass

rear valve cover gasket leak getting oil onto the exhaust manifold

or other source of leak getting onto exhaust manifold or other part of the exhaust

mrchacon

where can i find a DIY for changin th valve cover gaskets?

btw - where can i also find a DIY for changing the alternator belt?

i was thinkin bout also changin the timing belt myself but i think i should leave that
to some one with little more experience... right?

mrchacon

if i change the valve cover gaskets should i go ahead and change the spark plugs? the car has 130k miles and im sure its never got its spark plugs replaced... how hard are they to change?

llcoolpass

you can find a DIY on this site.................

duh!!!!! HAHAHAHAAHAH

anyway, yeah, i mean, i rec getting a haynes or FSM to help you do it. first time, inexperienced, take you 4.5 hrs total, due to the intake manifold coming off. and because you got it off ,and have access to things like spark plugs, you might want to take advantage of your effort and just do anything then [like changing the spark plugs]