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Tiny
BIG FERN
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  • 1990 ACURA INTEGRA
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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
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 AT 9:25 PM

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Tiny
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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.
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Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 AT 9:30 PM

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