Lots of white smoke (pics), valve stem seals?
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Also it did not smell sweet at all, it was very much the smell of partial combustion, nauseating and odorous
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Well a quick test to see if it is fuel, is to look at your catalytic convertors. They should BE RED HOT with that much fuel going in them. That is what they do, they pretty much burn up the extra hydrocrabons before they exit your exhaust. But I am betting that you have a blown headgasket, which is letting oil and coolant go into your cyls.
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Same thing happen to the previous owner of my car...i replaced the ecu n the car ran fine....dont continue starting the car the gas will fill up in the cylinders n then you'll have a bigger problem on ur hands. Glw wateva u do.
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Power steering fluid is leaking through your power steering valve which would be ATF. Check your power steering fluid level. Replace valve.
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Hey everybody, an update, that intake repair didn't end solving all my problems, and my car began smoking heavily. I've since taken the head off to do the headgasket and valve stem seals, and it seems that it was indeed a blown HG on cylinder number 6:
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Sooo thanks for the help, good diagnoses, and again thanks Joe for the ECU
Bonus pics...my nice clean head (still needs to be milled):
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Sooo thanks for the help, good diagnoses, and again thanks Joe for the ECU
Bonus pics...my nice clean head (still needs to be milled):
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![](http://i45.tinypic.com/212tr9z.jpg)
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Thanks for the update.... I think mine is blown too, I was looking back, searching headgasket issues and remembered this thread. Your latest post erases the sliver of hope I had that it wasn't my gasket.