mustang lx 5.0l smokes when revved

[DeltaMustang65]

Haha, that sounds like my friend's 5.0. And his has LOTS of problems other than the smoking. It's basically just not taken care of. $500 might not seem like a lot, but don't trick yourself into thinking that you won't be putting MUCH more money into the car to keep it running.

That being said, if you like the car, and don't mind putting some work into it, then go for it.

p.s. Yeah, it sounds like it might be burning oil, or maybe just way out of tune.

[connella08]

never mind, i found out what the smoking was. if it were burning oil, it would be a thick blackish smoke. this is a thin greyish white smoke. my dad made a good point and both my thoughts and his is that since it was sitting through the winter, the gas tank got condensation and now it is a mix of gas and water. we are going to put some dry gas in it and see iif it clears up the smoke. also, the shaking was resolved when i put more oil in it. it was below the "add" mark. also, i found out that it has almost no engine coolant in it what-so-ever. but we arent quite sure if im going to buy it yet, so we are going to fill it with water for now since 1: we dont spend 20 bucks for something im not going to buy and 2: i am going to have to flush out the radiator anyway. as of right now though, its looking good for me and buying the car.