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Location:
Lismore, NSW
Registered:
February 2003
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White smoke
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Thu, 13 May 2004 10:44
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When the car is hot and been idling for a few minutes white smoke starts blowing out the exhaust what could the cause of this be? Im thinking turbo oil seal?
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Location:
Central Coast, NSW
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: White smoke
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Thu, 13 May 2004 22:08
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White smoke = steam/water
Blue smoke = oil
Have you blown a head gasket yet? 
Dan
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Location:
brisbane
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: White smoke
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Fri, 14 May 2004 07:20
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...its stuffed.. 
i got a blown HG, its great! 
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Location:
tas
Registered:
June 2002
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Re: White smoke
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Fri, 14 May 2004 07:29
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If it's anything like my supra it will just be water in the tailpipe.
Where i live it gets pretty cold and damp during the night, and after a few days there is literally a litre or more of water sitting in the tailpipe, it all seems to catch in the cat converter.
I'll start the car, a puff of blue smoke will come out (just the valve seals, nothing major) then after abit of warming up the white smoke/steam will come pluming out, becuase the exuast heat is evaporating the water that's in there. A good 30min drive gets rid of it all and there is no visible smoke after that.
Usually takes a couple cold nights for it to happen again. I'm thinking off plugging the exuast up during these cold nights.
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Location:
toowoomba qld
Registered:
March 2004
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Re: White smoke
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Fri, 14 May 2004 07:39
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yeah my camry does the same thing every now and again on a very cold morning as it is usally parked out side but after driving if for a while the white steam/smoke goes away
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Location:
Lismore, NSW
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: White smoke
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Fri, 14 May 2004 13:15
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Maybe its a blueish sort of smoke. Im not loosing any water so I dont think its a blown HG "Better not be only done 200km on the existing HG". What could cause the blueish smoke? Motor has just been rebuilt.
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Location:
toowoomba qld
Registered:
March 2004
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Re: White smoke
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Fri, 14 May 2004 13:28
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If its blowing a blueish smoke Its usually worn or damage valve stem oil seals you can check to see if this is it by letting the car idle for a few minutes and then open the throttle if oil is getting past the valve steams a heavy discharge of blue smoke will be seen at the tailpipe but can't understand why this would be the case if its just been rebuilt?
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Location:
Elwood, Melb
Registered:
August 2003
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Re: White smoke
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Fri, 14 May 2004 14:20
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Recently my cars been puffing out white smoke, because lately its been pretty cold in melb. at night.
But a good way to differentiate between these two is:
White smoke evaporates quite quickly into the air,as it is water vapour.
where as
Blue smoke tends to hang around a while, is quite condensed and smells like shit.
Hope that helps 
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: White smoke
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Fri, 14 May 2004 14:25
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easy way to tell is smell the smoke.. sure it's not bad if you do it all day, but you can quickly tell if it's water or oil smoke...
if it smells like a KB laser, it's oil 
Cya, Stewart
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