howzit everyone, so I start my car today and notice a little bit of whitish colored smoke coming from my exhaust...........what the hell did I do???

 

might just be condensation. was your exhaust really hot when you parked it? raining at your house?

 

yeah palisades was raining and i was parked facing downhill..........thanks ty!!!

thanks for the quick pm reply also!

 

i heard you should be more concerned with black smoke?

and white smoke isnt usually anything to worry about

or was it the other way around

 

yeah, i'd be ****ting bricks if I saw black smoke. I remember my dad telling me about the difference in smoke color and what could be wrong. I just freaked out when I saw it this afternoon. from now on I park facing uphill so no water drips into the exhaust

 

It's probably condensation as stated by Ty.

 

I'll check for smoke after work, probably nothing.

 

yo mike- what you really need to do is this simple test-

start your car.
go to the exaust tip.
inhale
if it smells like coolant- inhale again
if it smells like burning oil inhale again
if you get dizzy and pass out you're screwed either way!
nah, sounds like ty is right. mine do the same thing.
brand new they all do the same thing too.

btw, if you have not changed your oil yet- i got that filter that i forgot to give you the day you brought the rims!


aloha from the summit of *-^-Mauna Kea-^-*

 

it's ok sir, I got it changed already to synthetic...............i only made this thread cause I took the car to the track and only now I notice the smoke

 

Black smoke isn't usually a very big deal. It usually denotes a rich (overfueled) condition. Blue smoke is what you really have to worry about. Look to your turbo seals and/or pistons/rings at that point.

White is usually steam/condensation and should only really worry you if copious amounts are exhausted and/or the emanation is of a sickly sweet aroma. That would be coolant like Greg was saying.
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What part of Palisades do you live? On Amakua Street?

 

nah at the bottom, no more smoke anyways, car started up at the station and was fine

 

lay off the crack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

:rotfl: hahhahah thats some funny s**t greg. ur not only screwed ur dead coz' of the smoke.

 

i agree. blue smoke = oh s**t!