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I was told that the O2 sensors are whats causing the white smoke out of the exhaust.
who told you that?
even with completely dead O2 sensors you would not run rich enough to produce white smoke. you may eventually clog up your catalytic converters and smell rotten eggs.
now if you have a head gasket issue and are leaking coolant into the combustion chambers then you might get white smoke and that could cause you to throw O2 codes and ruin your O2 sensors.
I've never seen a head gasket leak cause an oil light problem until the sump was full of coolant. And you'd notice a huge drop in the coolant reservoir before the light came on.
Changing the O2 sensors before identifying and fixing your upstream problems is just wasting money.
even with completely dead O2 sensors you would not run rich enough to produce white smoke. you may eventually clog up your catalytic converters and smell rotten eggs.
now if you have a head gasket issue and are leaking coolant into the combustion chambers then you might get white smoke and that could cause you to throw O2 codes and ruin your O2 sensors.
Mechanic told me that they needed to be changed, he said that's probably the reason why the car is running so rich. He doesn't think it's a headgasket though. I'm not sure what else to say, lol. I mean what are the symptoms of a head gasket (besides the white smoke)
I've never seen a head gasket leak cause an oil light problem until the sump was full of coolant. And you'd notice a huge drop in the coolant reservoir before the light came on.
Changing the O2 sensors before identifying and fixing your upstream problems is just wasting money.
Interesting, I have an odd observation. When I got the car there was actually a hose that was unplugged from the rubber crank case vent. I plugged it in obviously, but could this have been anything to do with oil light maybe? when I got the car it wasn't throwing me the oil light and stalling like it does now (often when it reaches 208F or higher)....
ok find a new mechanic fast, this guy is either shady or something else you get white smoke for exactly 2 reasons :
Condensation in the exhaust this is normal depending the temp and humidity it clears up in 5 to 15 minutes this is a light haze like your breath on a cold day
Blown head gasket this is a much thicker smoke, rarely clears up
I was reading another thread that actually this could be an issue with the CPS sensor? It's odd though because how does a bad oil pump or head gasket affect the electrical part of the car? At 130k the oil pump should not be causing issues especially if it was a factory defect and the engine is still running.
If the hose that was off is the crankcase breather it could cause an oil light flicker. The problem is you have a bunch of small issues and the mechanic you are using seems pretty kind a of clueless.
This is condensation, it lasted about 15 minutes or so
You can see the snow on the bumper, my Disco had been sitting for about 4 days at this point.
If the hose that was off is the crankcase breather it could cause an oil light flicker. The problem is you have a bunch of small issues and the mechanic you are using seems pretty kind a of clueless.
This is condensation, it lasted about 15 minutes or so
You can see the snow on the bumper, my Disco had been sitting for about 4 days at this point.
Mine blows like this constantly. Yeah the mechanic is kind of just repairing some small issues but I guess the more important things I've gotta take to a specialist/do myself. Not sure why that hose was disconnected though, it was odd. I am running about 198-206 when driving but unfortunately when I hit about 208 degrees thats when the electrical **** (like a speaker crackle) and the oil light flickers sometimes the car stalls... what could this mean? It's just a weird issue. If I turn the car off and try to restart it, I have to press the gas at first to get it to crank.
