White smoke comes out of exhaust and smells?

CHARRIK2008

MEMBER
1996 VAUXHALL VECTRA
V8
4WD
MANUAL
194,000 MILES

I'm thinking of buying a car but when I test drove it there was a humming noise when I go over 30 on the passenger side also loads of white smoke comes out of exhaust and smells why could this be?

Friday, May 9th, 2008 AT 5:31 AM

1 Reply

SQM

MECHANIC
6,383 POSTS

Hello,

White smoke out of the tail pipe is sign of a blown head gasket.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/white-smoke-or-steam-coming-from-the-exhaust-pipe

You can test and verify the head gasket condition.
There is a tester you can use that checks for combustion gases in the coolant.

Here is a helpful guide of how to check that:

https://youtu.be/5zpNjYmmiYY

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test

Please let me know of any questions.

Thank you.