Vauxhall Corsa 1L 12v Engine Problem??? Please help!!!

[Cl2 RSA B]

Yeah, i have a 2000 corsa b 1.0 with eco tec engine it with 75k. i get white smoke when i start the engine......HELP!!!!!?

what can cause white smoke from the exhaust?

car serviced about 60 miles ago. i had my oil change, oil/air/fuel filter, spark plugs and brake pads changed for £90. filled the car up with £45 worth of petrol, drove the car for 35 miles with out no problems. engine running smoothly and much quieter before the service.

i was stationary at traffic lights, losing power, cutting out - engine cut itself out. restarted the engine, no engine management light, no over heating, but i'm now getting white smoke from the exhaust????? Now when I start the car, it is blowing out thick white smoke continuously, and you can smell petrol????? its not loosing water.

I took the car back to the garage to have the car looked at and the bloke checked the valve sealings, changed the oil and spark plugs, said 'sorry mate, can't find anything wrong other than its got engine fault somewhere????

does any know where the problems lies?? is this a head gasket problem??

[tattoostu]

blue/grey smoke is burning oil, WHITE smoke is normally headgasket gone and burning water, can you smell the smoke to see what it smells of??

i mean go to he rear of the car and get a good sniff with the car running, it will smell like a stinky kettle, or better still put your hand over the tailpipe, see whats on your hand after a few seconds

i doubt your overfuelling as it would need to be chucking in litres at a time to be smoking badly

[jimi12369]

i had the same problem on my corsa after the garage sprayed cleaner down the carb and god knows where else, loads of white smoke, my mate said take it for a blast down the motorway and buy me a pint! i did and he was right, give it a go.

[Cl2 RSA B]

went see another mechanic for a second opinion. mechanic got diagnostic tester to read the fault codes. come back as hairline crack in or around head gasket and EGR valve failure!!! I'm absolutely gutted, absolutely gutted!!! going to get mechanic to strip the engine down and get the head gasket skimmed. looking at a £400 bill in the next few weeks!!!

[tattoostu]

head skimmed and gasket changed i hope you mean?

firstly if its the gasket then you only need a cambelt kit and headgasket set, the head wont need skimming

400 seems a little high for this, i charged someone 250 to do headgasket and waterpump on a rover 420

[duncanpound]

weigh up whether the cars worth having that much spent on it against its value????

[tattoostu]

well its prob worth spending that as corsa 1ltrs are always gonna sell to 17 yr olds who have just passed so theyll usually hold the money

[duncanpound]

my 1st 1l was £450 :L

had it for 11 months

[tattoostu]

i sold a corsa to a young girl who had just passed for 450 but that was a nail lol and i got it cheap anyway

but this guys is a 2000 so its not that old really so id say its worth repairing or maybe find a cheap one and use the parts?

[duncanpound]

my w reg 2000 cost me £650 :L i go to kingsland car auctions tho where i also work so they r dead cheap there. any1 else heard of kingsland/leominster car auctions

u can get some real heaps there but touch wood iv done not too bad