when i first got it i noticed it smells kinda odd..then it gets worse and worse and one nite i saw it puke white smoke when idleing, and i figured it was normal, but now it smells soooo bad, and white smoke always comes out not alot but noticeable if u look, and when i start my car and rev it up and turn it off and get out there is 2 piles of fluid under the exhaust pipes..whats wrong?

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1992 Firebird automatic, brand new engine/tranny/brakes/tires..paint is getting touched up- Medium blue

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"Never let a girl drive your car, unless ur looking to part it out"

 

Is this AM or PM when the white smoke happens?
Morning is condensation. Normal.
PM is possible signs of a worn head gasket, and loosing fluid in the combustion chamber.
Have one of the mechaincs at you Dad's place do a couple of simple tests, that they know of.
Keep an eye on the radiator fluid level!
Nasty smell could be just living in Maryland! J/K!
It could be the water hitting the CC and the reaction to it, especially in the hot humid days. I had a 1975 Vega do that, it smelled of rotten eggs. It was the Convertor & the humid days.

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Karl
1985 Firebird 2.8 to 3.4 swap project for Smog Happy LA, CA

 

aight thx, ill have em look at it when they fix the door and such. its just one of those little things that are embaressing could a head gasket problem cause a decrease in performance? my friends 93 BMW 318 is 5 spd with just an intake and exhaust beat me by a car length last nite and that is just a little inline 4!

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1992 Firebird automatic, brand new engine/tranny/brakes/tires..paint is getting touched up- Medium blue

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"Never let a girl drive your car, unless ur looking to part it out"

 

That is regardless. That BMW w/ the inline four would of beat you even if you didn't have a blown head gasket. The BMW's have a blue printed & balanced inline engine, of course it would beat a 60 degree V6, that's straight up common knowledge.
Also of course you are going to loose power by having a blown head gasket.
Also why the hell would you race your car when you have a blown head gasket. While that gasket is blown are you not supposed to drive it cause water is now in your oil.

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- Mike Harvey -
1986 Firebird S/E

 

I have driven cars with bad head gaskets.
My S-10 Blazer is that car.
It finally gushed chocolate milk all over the engine compartment.
I'm fixing it now, but, I did drive it for a bit.

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KED85
Karl
1985 Firebird 2.8 to 3.4 swap project for Smog Happy LA, CA

 

You might not want to start the motor up and then rev it...