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Old 07-08-2009
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For quite a while my "check engine" light has been on and once in a while when i first turn my truck on white smoke comes out of the muffler smells like the fuel isn't being burned properly. i already changed the catalytic converter and the oxygen sensors. it was good for about a week, then smoke came out again and "check engine" came back on. can anyone help me out and maybe know how to fix this problem?

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White smoke usually isn't fuel related. My truck blew white smoke with a blown headgasket and was spewing burnt antifreeze out the exhaust.

Run by Autozone and have codes checked.
 
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already gone to autozone to check it out but they just keep telling me "oxygen sensors" or "catalytic convertor" but i had asked my dad not to long ago and he said it was the head gasket. any idea on how to replace that? or the price on it?
 
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Heads have to come off. If you take it in you could pay maybe 400 and up to get it fixed.
 
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damn bro. any idea on the pricing of the gasket? like a more or less?
 
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gaskets cheap labor is the pita
 
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I'd get all Felpro products which cost about 15ish a head for the gasket plus 20ish for new head bolts.
 
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