Smoke From Exhaust

[islandtuner242]

started the Z and noticed some smoke coming out of the exhaust it's not that hard of a white but white is the only color i can say it looks the most like.... i don't see anything leaking anywhere and it's driving me crazy any ideas anyone


Thanks In Advance,
Kadeem

[robomatic12]

If the engine is cold, it's normal to have a white smoke which is condensation burning off until engine and exhaust warms up to temp.

[dantesdoom]

Is it cold outside? Did you use seafoam? If it smells sweet, it could be coolant, which is not good. My car will do this if i dont drive it that often, but its just the condensation built up in my pipes and it goes away after a couple of minutes. So, does it do this all the time, like during you entire time driving, even after the car is warm and been running a while?

[islandtuner242]

well this is onlye the second time i've actually had the car running since i got it back but i'm gonna start it up tomorrow and let it run for a while to see if anything changes....

@dantesdoom no it wasn't cold outside it was probably in the 90's that day

[dantesdoom]

id bet it was just condensation, keep us updated

[Ace2cool]

It's all in the smell/ color.

Sweet:Coolant.
Gas: Running extremely rich, to the point of unburnt fuel escaping to the exhaust
"Burnt": Oil.

White: Coolant, possibly gas.
Blue: oil.

[islandtuner242]

well i ran the car and the smoke stopped coming out but when i had my hand behind the exhaust i found some black substance coming out..... it felt like water but was black, with no scent

[Ace2cool]

That's just condensation mixing with the soot from your exhaust. Nothing to worry about.

[islandtuner242]

Thanks @Ace2cool........ think imma do a doughnut or two tomorrow