# '99 Chevy Lumina smoking

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/99-chevy-lumina-smoking/90047>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, lumina, engines\
**Created:** [May 21, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/99-chevy-lumina-smoking/90047 "2015-05-21T18:08:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Redbirdaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Redbirdaye](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Redbirdaye)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/99-chevy-lumina-smoking/90047/1 "2015-05-21T18:08:18Z")

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OK… I know next to nothing about cars. I have a '99 Chevy Lumina I just bought in February. It has been one problem after another. The water pump has been changed and I just got my car back on Monday because there was a leak on the timing chain cover. Now, the car is smoking on the passenger side. Its not a light smoke, but its not heavy yet. I noticed it on the way to work this morning. I opened the hood, it is coming from the left side (looking at it, so the passenger side) of the engine maybe kinda underneath it. I dunno what to do, but I’m ready to push that thing into a lake. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/99-chevy-lumina-smoking/90047/2 "2015-05-21T22:14:33Z")

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With a flashlight and a mirror and wearing old clothes, find the source of the smoke. Oil dripping on an exhaust manifold is common.