R.King

i dont think this matters, but i was driving down the road today and noticed some cars have white smoke coming out of the exhaust, looks like condensation being burned off, most cars dont, my car has white smoke for the first few mins till its warm. but i see some cars always has it.


why?

RandomTask

Its condensation in the exhaust. It goes away after the exhaust gets heated up.

TYPE JDM

The ones that always smoke white even when the car is warmed up means that they are burning oil.

krazdracer

whats????
white=coolant
black=fuel
blue=oil
am i missing something?????

Silverbullet86

oil burns grey with a blue hue. white is water or coolant

growley

+1

DC97Cobra

umm.. Mine smokes white after the car is warmed up during the colder days. This started after I installed the offroad x-pipe. No loss of oil and water either. Anyone care to explain that?

S2K_Guy

What's red smoke?


Kumho tires

J. O. BUDS

same thing, just condensation burning off. it doesn't have to be EXTREMELY cold like it was this morning, just a temperature difference between the really hot exhaust and cold aluminum and outside air.

sometimes there is more condensation when water builds up in the exhaust and pools either in the pipes or the muffler. that's why people with very short commutes end up buying lots of exhausts, their cars never run long enough to burn off all the water, the water sits in the exhaust and eventually rust forms.

CavemanRacing

Water is a biproduct of combustion.