Engine smokes

[Silver86LX]

When I start my car up, after about 5 minutes of driving it starts to smoke from under the hood. When I pop the hood, I can't quite see where the smoke of coming from. It just seems to be coming from everywhere. Also, on warm days the engine tends to over heat a bit. It doesn't run in the red, but the guage goes up to about the 3/4 mark. To combat this, I have been putting the heat on full blast and it goes down to about the 1/2 way mark (since it has been getting cooler, I haven't really had to do this at all). I've been told by a few people that it could either be my radiator, or my head gasket. What do you huys think?

[NXRacer]

your smoking problem could be a bad valve cover gasket which is about a 5 dollar part and 1/2 hours work. Is there oil on the top of your motor around your valve cover?

As for your heating problem, flush your radiator out real good and replace your thermostat.

[shepherd79]

here is the easy way to check where the smoke is comming from.
start the car and let it idle for a very long time.
till it starts smoking.
it is eather you have oil leak or you have busted coolant hose.

[Silver86LX]

I just changed my valve cover and gormmets in July because it was leaking oil. It didn't stop the leak but it slowed it down.