white fumes out of exhuast

nokia_aid · Post by **nokia_aid** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:50 pm

iv got some white smoke,could be steam coming out of my one exhaust,its only when i first of all start up the car and then once the car has been running for a bit it goes away,then if i leave the car for a while and start it again it will smoke again,
i did reuse my composite gasket,could the water be trickleing into one of the cylinders or something

Ian Anderson · Post by **Ian Anderson** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:31 pm

Brake fluid?

Through the vac booster? Easy to discount id the resevoir is still full

Ian

ihatesissycars · Post by **ihatesissycars** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:48 pm

It would be fair to get this alot this time of year what with the cold weather etc.

Head gasket style problems would also prooduce similar effects though so maybe a good idea to carry out a block/sniffer test to hopefully rule this out.

If your valley gasket were leaking then you more than liley just get an airleak and its associated symptoms.

Is it an lpg equipped engine?

LazyDocker · Post by **LazyDocker** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:15 pm

Sounds to me like it's just 'cold smoke'

I get great clouds from my RRC on start at the moment and then even more when it switches to LPG. It all goes away after a few minutes when it's warmed up!!

Post by **katanaman** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:10 pm

I would say its just because of the cold too but that would be odd to only happen on one exhaust.

JSF55 · Post by **JSF55** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:32 pm

Could be the way the exhaust is set up or if theres a crossover pipe in the system, just keep checking the water level in the rad and a beady eye on the temp gage if ur going any distance !! john

ozrover · Post by **ozrover** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:18 am

When you say you reused your composite gasket,do you mean a head gasket?
Doug

tetlow · Post by **tetlow** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:43 am

When you said

"iv got some white smoke,could be steam coming out of my one exhaust,"

Do you mean steam from your only exhaust or 1 steamy & 1 OK

Dave

nokia_aid · Post by **nokia_aid** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:44 pm

one has the white stuff coming out and the other is fine,i reused the valley gasket,
i have one exhaust from each bank so its just the one bank doing it,
im off to bglandrover now to get a new gasket and see if that fixes it,

nokia_aid · Post by **nokia_aid** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:44 pm

nope,it didnt fix it,it goes away once the engine has been running for a bit but if i turn the car off for 5 mins then start again its back

Post by **katanaman** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:15 pm

Are you loosing any coolant? Get a sniffer test done on your coolant, that will tell you if there is a head gasket problem. Its probably nothing if you arent loosing coolant.