1995 Honda Civic white smoke out of exhaust.

1995 HONDA CIVIC
291,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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SHATTAZ8
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my civic has been running pretty good up untill now. i was driving and it slowly cut off with a little struggle while i was moving with a whole lot of white smoke out of the muffler. whats the problem?
Nov 22, 2008 at 8:17 AM
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DAVE H
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have your cylinders compression tested .. i think your head gasket has blown ??
Nov 22, 2008 at 9:13 AM
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F4I_GUY
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Headgaskets were semi-common on higher mileage obd1 honda engines.

A quick home test would be to open your rad cap, if the coolant is over-flowing/bubbling or you see exhaust smoke, you have a major problem. however, the only real way of knowing is to have a leakdown test/compression test done.
Nov 24, 2008 at 12:20 PM
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