TomInOregon

This is definitely smoke that persists until dissipated by air. The Intake gasket was changed about 1 year prior to this occurring. Previous symptoms were a loss of coolant with no smoke and sluggish running when under a load (up hills). After the intake gasket was changed, it ran great again. There are no bubbles in the coolant that I noticed, but as previously mentioned, that's not conclusive. I will see if I can get it down to the nearest mechanic for a compression and leakdown test. Thanks for the help! Tom

1987 GL-10 sedan EA82T 5 speed D/R locking center diff. ~155,000 miles. Car was running great and when I exited the highway, when I stopped on the off-ramp I was surrounded by white smoke. I smelled antifreeze very strongly, so I parked it. My mechanic didn't want to touch it. He said that when EA82Ts blow headgaskets, they usually warp the heads. Anyway, I drove it home ~30 miles, making sure there was coolant in the radiator the whole way. The temp gauge never got up to even halfway the whole time. The car sat for 6 months or so and I started it up. Still had the white smoke, but now had oil in the exhaust as well. Chalked it up to sitting too long. Started it up again today and still have the white smoke, but the smoke reeks of gasoline and I don't smell coolant anymore. During the whole time, I haven't lost any coolant that I can see, there is no mixing of coolant and oil and it seems to run fine. The impression I had today was that it is running extremely rich. What should I be looking at for diagnosis? At first it seemed like a headgasket, but now I'm starting to wonder. Thanks, Tom

I started it up today and only got one smell of antifreeze from the smoke. Mostly it seems to smell of exhaust and it smells rich as well. There was also noticable smoke coming from around the turbo. There also appears to be some blow-by, because I can feel air being pushed through the oil filler neck and it idles slower with the oil filler cap on. That's not much to go on, but at this point, that's all I have been able to get done. I don't have a guage to check the compression. Thanks, Tom

When it started blowing smoke, it was not running hot at all. In fact, I had my wife drive it home, keeping an eye on the temp gauge and after the 30 mile trip it still had not gotten even a bar above normal (digital dash). It also didn't seem to lose much coolant, considering the length of the trip and the massive amounts of white smoke. The intake manifold is a good tip. I just had the gasket changed early last year and you can never really trust any mechanic other than yourself. I will check the bolts on it and see if any are loose. Thanks, Tom

My 1987 GL-10 turbo FT4WD D/R 5 spd sedan started belching out masive clouds of white smoke about 6 months ago while getting off of the highway on an offramp. I assumed it had a blown headgasket and asked my mechanic how much he would charge to fix it. he didn't want to touch it, saying that it would cost more to fix than a used japanese market engine would cost. Needless to say, it has been sitting since then. Yesterday, my wife's car broke down and I was looking at the Subaru to see what I could do with it. I checked the oil and there was no milkiness and no evidence of water at all in the oil or oil in the radiator. Now I am starting to think (hope) the turbo may be leaking coolant into the exhaust. Is there a way I can disable the coolant to the turbo for a short time to check this for sure? Can I fit a bolt into the inlet/outlet where the turbo coolant lines connect to the engine? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom 1987 GL-10 EA82T 5spd FT4WD D/R w/locking diff and digidash.