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white fumes out of exhuast
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:50 pm
by nokia_aid
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
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:31 pm
by Ian Anderson
Brake fluid?
Through the vac booster? Easy to discount id the resevoir is still full
Ian
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 9:48 pm
by ihatesissycars
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?
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:15 pm
by LazyDocker
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!!
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:10 pm
by katanaman
I would say its just because of the cold too but that would be odd to only happen on one exhaust.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:32 pm
by JSF55
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
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Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:18 am
by ozrover
When you say you reused your composite gasket,do you mean a head gasket?
Doug
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:43 am
by tetlow
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
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:44 pm
by nokia_aid
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,
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:44 pm
by nokia_aid
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
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:15 pm
by katanaman
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.