# 2002 Mercury Mountaineer - Smoke under hood

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-smoke-under-hood/153383>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercury\
**Created:** [November 23, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-smoke-under-hood/153383 "2019-11-23T13:40:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![laurastark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@laurastark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/laurastark)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-smoke-under-hood/153383/1 "2019-11-23T13:40:55Z")

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car starts and runs fine has nice heat from heater temp gauge runs normal but last time drove did have smoke under hood and coolant low when checked also white smoke from exhaust car starts and sounds good idleing

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-smoke-under-hood/153383/2 "2019-11-23T13:59:27Z")

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If that was my vehicle, I would explore the possibility that it has a breached head gasket.

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**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-smoke-under-hood/153383/3 "2019-11-23T17:09:43Z")

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smoke is something burning. not good in a car. steam vapor is different. you see vapor? and cannot see where it is coming from? if you told a tech there was steam coming from motor he might even look.

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**Author:** ![laurastark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@laurastark](https://community.cartalk.com/u/laurastark)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2002-mercury-mountaineer-smoke-under-hood/153383/4 "2019-11-23T18:40:04Z")

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I should have said steam not smoke