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06JcSTI
Im kinda freaking out guys

I woke up about 20 mintues ago to come turn on my car for 10 minutes like I always do so than after the temp guage was at the middle mark so as im getting out to go back inside and get my wallet I look back at the car an noticed there is plenty of white smoke coming out of the exhaust, I panic run inside the car and log it with the AP but everything checks out the coolant temp is at 180 the afr at 14.6-14.7 and it idles perfect like it always has my question is could this be a sign of something wrong happening? I did wash the car two days ago and did spray the inside of the muffler with water.. do you guys think its just water thats burning off? I can still see some on the tip of the exhaust

Please help!!!!
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Muller Performance
check your oil dipstick.
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Mountain-Man
It could just be some condensation inside the exhaust. was there dew this morning?
Edit: how long did it persist?
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06JcSTI
Update

I shut the car off and after about two minutes I turned it back on and there wasnt any smoke anymore till after it was ideling for maybe five mintues

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Re: Re: Freaking out

987 Motorsports said:
check your oil dipstick.
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I did before turning it on the first time and it was sitting right at the f mark

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Mountain-Man said:
It could just be some condensation inside the exhaust. was there dew this morning?
Edit: how long did it persist?
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After I noticed it still did it for another couple minutes till I decided to turn it off and on again, also im not quite sure what you mean by there being dew this morning sorry but I did noticed that the inside of the muffler is quite wet so maybe it is watet just turning into vapor by the heat of the exhaust? I sure hope so :eek::(

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06JcSTI said:
After I noticed it still did it for another couple minutes till I decided to turn it off and on again, also im not quite sure what you mean by there being dew this morning sorry but I did noticed that the inside of the muffler is quite wet so maybe it is watet just turning into vapor by the heat of the exhaust? I sure hope so :eek::(

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Thinking condensation inside the exhaust pipe, since when it's not running moisture filled air can get into the exhaust. hence if there was dew on the ground then there will be condensation in your exhaust. sorry should have clarified :lol:
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RecceRS
Take a day off bro, lest you end up doing this:


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Re: Re: Freaking out

Update: it never smoked again on startup no matter how long I left it on for, also I took a 350 mile trip yesterday at 70mph without a single hiccup :tup: I love this car!!

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