bigblue91601

Hello all, I have a 93 jeep grand with the v8 and lately I've been noticing white smoke coming out of the tail pipe, doesn't seem to be the coolant because it's still at the same level, I noticed it started doing it after I went through the car wash, or maybe I just had not noticed it before, I have also been running out of windshield wiper fluid, and I have no clue where it's going, again I'm not a mechanic so I'm not sure where to start, any help would be appreciated

dave1123

Wow! That's a tough one. The only thing that comes to mind is somehow the windshield washer hose got connected to the heater vacuum supply and the vacuum is sucking the reservoir dry.

Cherokee_Mike

Not sure if this would apply to your Jeep but several years ago I had a Ford Granada Mk2 with a C3 automatic transmission and the diaphragm in the vacuum module on the gearbox developed a pinhole which caused ATF to get sucked into the engine intake where it gets mixed with the fuel & air and combusts - turning the exhaust smoke white.
So I would check your gearbox fluid level to see if it is low.

bigblue91601

Awesome thanks peeps! I think it actually just might be time to get rid of it, it has to many issues to fix :/ even though I can't afford to buy another car

Bustedback

Does not apply on a Jeep, no vacuum modulator.

bigblue91601

I'm going to autozone tomorrow to get a compression kit, I don't think it's a blown head gasket but doesn't hurt to try, does anybody think it might just be carbon deposits? Another thing that I forgot to mention is it has a bit of a hard time turning on sometimes

dave1123

What do you think, Busted? Maybe an intake plenum gasket?

Bustedback

I would put money on it. They all go bad and suck oil.

bigblue91601

I'm not a mechanic bit I'm down to try stuff is this an easy fix

Bustedback

Easier than pulling the heads off, but on a scale of 1 to 5 it's about a 3.