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Steam/white smoke at idle.
Posted by bazil burns (more from bazil burns) on Sun, 16 Dec 2001 22:09:16
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I noticed tonight when I pulled back into my place after a 40 minute, spirited drive that I was getting steam/white smoke at idle out of the tailpipe. It didn't at all smell of coolant, and I have no coolant loss anymore (Bar's Leaks took care of my heater core, thankfully.) I have the Saab Sport Exhaust with a gutted cat. Is this normal? I noticed none while driving except after the engine had idled for 2 minutes or so, and when I drove off with a cold engine I noticed swirls of white vapor behind me from the tailpipe that evaporated almost immediately into the air (didn't linger like smoke would). Once the engine was warm there was none of that while driving, but I'd look in the rearview at a stop light and see steam drifting up from the rear, and it'd go away as soon as I took off. No bubbles in coolant tank, and no smell. Head gasket was changed at 120k miles according to my stepdad because it blew, dumping oil into cylinder #3.
Any insight is appreciated. Am I getting worried over nothing? It's 24 degrees F here with about 75% humidity.
TIA
--bazil
'85 SPG
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