today i went driving around in my car and a lot of white smoke was coming out of the pipes when i reved it up white smoke came out but then for about 5 to 10 minutes no smoke would come out no matter what i did but when i got home it was smoking and i checked the oil while the engine was running and when i took out the dipstick smoke was coming out of it what causes that and what can be done to fix it

 

That sounds ominously like a blown head gaket. The white smoke was your coolant being blown out the pipes, and the reason it stopped is the coolant level dropped. Check your coolant, if it's milky or sludgy that's the oil in it. If that's the case, you'll need to replace the head gaskets.

 

i checked my coolant and it seems to be fine

 

might be carbon buildup ... but sounds off that it would just start happening one day out of nowhere ... check your oil too and make sure there is no water in the oil.

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just changed the oil and it had no water in it my friends dad said that its probably the valve seals or whatever are worn out and letting oil ontop of the pistons then burning of does that sound right

 

The only thing that causes white smoke is water/coolant getting burned off. Oil generates a blueish gray smoke and simple bad combustion is black smoke. When you say white smoke, is it really white, like steam, or is it grayer?

 

What does the smoke smell like? If it smells like coolant then plan on replacing a gasket.

 

in my first engine it had bad vavle stem seals witch caused white smoke to blow out the exhaust when you hit the gas beyond a quarter of the way down.. the only other thing is the either headgasket or piston rings.

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- 305 TBI
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the smell with also help you in determining what your burning

 

its white as clouds on a bright and shiny day and i couldnt really tell you what the smell is its weird smell its not gas or oil i know that

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Does it smell sweet? If so it's coolant. The only way I can think to explain how burning oil smells is you can put a drop (just one little drop) of oil on hot exhaust manifolds, and take a whiff. It only takes very small amounts of oil to smoke up a whole lot.