White Smoke from Impala Ls 2000 V6 3.8 Engine
 

Hi.

right now theres white smoke coming from the front part (near the valve cover) of the engine of my impala, what could it be?.

i have the car parked and have not move it, i used a tech II scan since it has the check engine light on, and it says that it has an electrical failure.

the engine also have the low engine oil pressure light on.

what could it be? im going to take it to a mechanic this monday but i would like to know, what i could expect and how much could it cost.

thanks.

Until someone gets a visual on where the smoke is coming from and why it is smoking, we cannot be of any assistance unfortunately.

The possibilities are endless.

ok ok, i will update about the problem tomorrow

what were the code(s)?

P0204 Injector 4 Control Circuit, P0300 Engine Misfire Detected.

Update:

well some mechanics checked the engine and since i had the valve cover gasket they replaced it, didnt solve the problem.

now they are saying it could be the pcv valve thats bad, or the internal gaskets.

if its the internal gaskets im done im selling the car haha

Address the injector and have it tested, throw a new PCV in there too.
When the valve cover was off was it clean in there?
UIM & LIM gaskets ever replaced on your car?
Keep us updated on what's going on.

Hi back with some updates.

the UIM was changed some years ago, the doorman version but i dont know if they putted the reinforced steel pipe "dont know the name".

the LIM have not been change as far as i know.

it was not clean it had oil,and they testes the pressure, it has good pressure.

checked the PCV myself and with a mechanic and its ok it had some oil arround it but so far is ok, i will maybe buy one anyway.

so i suspect that probably the LIM gaskets failed? the oil does not have coolant,now i can say that with the new valve cover gaskets theres not that many white smoke, but now theres blue smoke coming from the tailpipe and some of the engine.

im going to buy the inyector too, but i have a doubt, they cleaned the inyectors with a machine, and they were all good "or thats what they say" how do you test an inyector?

With the UIM it is the EGR Stovipipe that they are supposed to change, the UIM kit should have came with a reduced diameter Stovepipe that goes into the LIM..
If the LIM Gaskets have never been changed I'd do them ASAP, it is only a matter of time with them.

As for the oil, if the LIM Gasket goes bad coolant can get sucked into the intake, or possibly run down into the oil valley, so I'd be watching for coolant levels to drop, and oil levels to rise.

With the smoke now being blue I am wondering what could be burning oil, typically the blue smoke is from oil.

If the PCV rattles when shaken it is fine, but they are cheap to replace, so it is up to you.

Update 3
 

Back with some updates.

so the mechanic checked the LIM gaskets and they look good, they have been already changed "maybe by the previous owner", they cleaned the engine and the white smoke dissapeared.

but then, when i was driving the car started to looks like it was going to stall, doing hiccups and the revs when up and down, and then it died "i instantly thought well the engine died nice" but it started right again so i pulled over and checked the engine.

it had a crack in the plastic air tube and it was sucking air from the engine bay, hot air, i scanned the car and it had the bad MAF code, and the car then just didnt want to start again.

i cleaned all the code and the engine started right again with no problems, i did a quick fix and used tape on the air tube to seal it, the car ran fine,i also noticed that theres a huge leak of water in the radiator tank, so i will fix that too.

so could be the maf and the radiator tank leak the source of this suffering?.