Z32 Exhaust smoking

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Hey guys I recently bought a 93 TT Z32 with 87k miles. there is white smoke coming out of both exhaust pipes when i turn it on. It will continue to smoke until i drive it around for a few min then the smoke stops. I just did a smog test and it passed with flying colors as if a new car would. The guy I bought the car from had it stored for a while so Im thinking if I keep driving it around it will get better. Is this a problem I should be worried about???


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well you might want to look in the direction of the coolant,make sure its up too par.You might also check your thottle body's make sure there clean .check all fluids that are water based

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is it possible just vapor? like many new cars put out in colder weather? if it's coolant it will get worse and you should be able to smell the burning coolant, it smell kinda sweet

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Its most likely condensation in the exhaust (aka water vapor) which would provide a cloudly smoke at start up but go away once you burned it off.

The only other thing being white smoke would be coolant as mentioned above.

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evildky wrote:is it possible just vapor? like many new cars put out in colder weather? if it's coolant it will get worse and you should be able to smell the burning coolant, it smell kinda sweet
The smell would be coming from the exhaust?


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