Water and smoke from tailpipe

Asked by sundae Oct 14, 2018 at 10:42 PM about the 1997 Mitsubishi Diamante 4 Dr ES Sedan

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Heard a loud pop looked like smoke from
under hood .car temp gauge was hot
.popped a heater hose last week temp
gauge was hot then .now water and smoke
coming from tail pipe car will start what
could it be

3 Answers

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You're pushing your luck continuing to drive this, constantly overheating an engine will ruin it, get it looked at asap. As Ed mentions, you may have a blown head gasket.

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