White smoke out of tail pipe!!

[Mr92cb7]

So I was driving and all of a sudden my check engine light turned on and my rpm's shot up to 2k.. Than my temp gauge shot straight to the top and ALOT of white smoke is coming out of my tailpipe.. Even at a stand still my car over heats!! HELP!!

[so-jdm-cb]

sounds like a blown headgasket

[Mr92cb7]

That's exactly what I'm thinking! Man do u know how hard it is to remove the head off an A1?? I've been googling it and everything's pointing to blown head gasket :/

[dj_ender]

That's exactly what I'm thinking! Man do u know how hard it is to remove the head off an A1?? I've been googling it and everything's pointing to blown head gasket :/

Calm down, it might not be a blown head gasket, you COULD have blown a coolant line. Pull the code from the ECU and it will help point us in the right direction.

[oyajicool]

If you see bubbling in coolant reservoir tank while engine is running, it is one of pointers to blown head basket.

[deevergote]

If he's blowing white smoke, the head gasket is more than likely. A blown coolant line would account for the overheating, but not the smoke.

Mr92cb7, your best option would be to go to www.helminc.com and pick up a good manual for your car. It's pricey, but it will make life MUCH easier for you... much MUCH better than the Haynes and Chiltons options most commonly available otherwise.
Removing the head isn't terribly difficult, but having a manual would make it much easier (as well as the right tools, like a good torque wrench.) If you do it incorrectly, removing the bolts in the wrong order, or applying the wrong torque, then you can do irreversible damage to your head.
Once the head is off, it's smart to have it resurfaced by a machine shop.

[dj_ender]

The point I was trying to make was that I thought I had blown my HG awhile back because white smoke was pouring out the back of my car. Ended up being the coolant line had blown off the head under the dizzy. Not saying that's the case here, just trying to give the OP a little hope, even though it is most likely the HG.

[Mr92cb7]

The point I was trying to make was that I thought I had blown my HG awhile back because white smoke was pouring out the back of my car. Ended up being the coolant line had blown off the head under the dizzy. Not saying that's the case here, just trying to give the OP a little hope, even though it is most likely the HG.

Well I always tought my car was overheating because I have no radiator fan.. But it never overheated before and recently now it takes 20 min for it to overheat even if it's just sitting there idling..

[deevergote]

Why did you always think the car was overheating? Was it because the gauge was reading hot? If so, it WAS overheating... and overheating will most definitely result in a blown head gasket. Why don't you have a radiator fan? That's a very important part.

[Accord problems]

Well I always tought my car was overheating because I have no radiator fan.. But it never overheated before and recently now it takes 20 min for it to overheat even if it's just sitting there idling..

wow no fan thats a good way to mess up the engine . like deev said why is there no fan?