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1990 ACURA INTEGRA
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BIG FERN
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My Carr is trowing out smoke and water out the tell pipe and smells like gas wen I tern it on
Apr 30, 2013 at 9:25 PM
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CARADIODOC
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Water at the tail pipe can be a byproduct of a properly functioning catalytic converter, but the multiple symptoms suggest a leaking cylinder head gasket. You can verify that by adding a small bottle of dark purple dye to the coolant. It will show up later under a black light as a bright yellow stain. If it shows up inside the tail pipe, the head gasket is leaking. The level in the coolant reservoir will be going down too.
Apr 30, 2013 at 9:30 PM
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