Moisture Burn off
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Burning Brakes
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From: Ohio
Moisture Burn off
Posted this in FI section and not getting to much attention. My car is a twin turbo stock drive train. Recently it is burning off what I call excess moisture. It last for 5 to 10 minutes and then goes away. Steam is white in color anfd the car runs fine. After driving it all clears up and all is good. Checked the oil and it is clear with no coolant or water. Anyone have any ideas as to what could be going on?
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The Big Dog
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The Big Dog
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From: Anthony TX
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St. Jude Donor '08
You must see it emitting from the exhaust at start up/warm up?? YES??
I have seen it in my heads / cam car too..
Moisture can and will collect inside the entire exhaust system and settle inside the pipes after engine shutdown.
When the engine is restarted from COLD IRON, depending on the weather conditions and humidity when the engine was last running, there may be a lot of condensation pooling on the inside of the pipes that is NOW returning to a water vapor state and exiting your exhaust. Unless you are loosing coolant, I would say,,, its completely NORMAL!
Some days I notice it more than others. Some days, I don't see ANY!
I have seen it in my heads / cam car too..
Moisture can and will collect inside the entire exhaust system and settle inside the pipes after engine shutdown.
When the engine is restarted from COLD IRON, depending on the weather conditions and humidity when the engine was last running, there may be a lot of condensation pooling on the inside of the pipes that is NOW returning to a water vapor state and exiting your exhaust. Unless you are loosing coolant, I would say,,, its completely NORMAL!
Some days I notice it more than others. Some days, I don't see ANY!
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 1,164
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From: Ohio
Thanks for the tip Bill. Never thought about anything building up in the exhaust
You must see it emitting from the exhaust at start up/warm up?? YES??
I have seen it in my heads / cam car too..
Moisture can and will collect inside the entire exhaust system and settle inside the pipes after engine shutdown.
When the engine is restarted from COLD IRON, depending on the weather conditions and humidity when the engine was last running, there may be a lot of condensation pooling on the inside of the pipes that is NOW returning to a water vapor state and exiting your exhaust. Unless you are loosing coolant, I would say,,, its completely NORMAL!
Some days I notice it more than others. Some days, I don't see ANY!
I have seen it in my heads / cam car too..
Moisture can and will collect inside the entire exhaust system and settle inside the pipes after engine shutdown.
When the engine is restarted from COLD IRON, depending on the weather conditions and humidity when the engine was last running, there may be a lot of condensation pooling on the inside of the pipes that is NOW returning to a water vapor state and exiting your exhaust. Unless you are loosing coolant, I would say,,, its completely NORMAL!
Some days I notice it more than others. Some days, I don't see ANY!
