smoke coming off exhaust manifold

[darthvadar tsi]

There is a little bit of smoke coming off of my exhaust manifold and it hasnt been droven a lot it sat for a few weeks also the weather is around 20 degrees. Do i have something to worry about or is it just those factors or something else? Thanks
Steve.

 

[Usatuff]

Is it coming from where the gasket is? Did you change any fluids/add fluids and maybe spilled a little? What does it smell like?

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

Let it warm up and burn off and it should go away. If it continues to do it after driving it for a while you may have a problem.

 

[darthvadar tsi]

Is it coming from where the gasket is? Did you change any fluids/add fluids and maybe spilled a little? What does it smell like?

Its coming off the top of the manifold its not a lot of smoke but it has a burn smell. I just turned the car on and noticed it when i popped the hood

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

Drive it and see what happens. Good luck

 

[darthvadar tsi]

Drive it and see what happens. Good luck

I dont want to take it out in this weather .

 

[brownfinger]

Worst case scenario is a cracked valve cover. Most likely just a bad valve cover gasket. Or you could have just spilled some oil. Is there oil in your spark plug wire "valley"?

 

[dalesmitsu]

I dont want to take it out in this weather .

You know its begging to go outside and play for a few minutes.
I agree but its awd .

Let it sit idling for 10 minutes, come back see if it burn it off the oil, or same.

 

[ChiTownHussla]

His exhaust Manifold is cracked. Mine does that too when I first turn it on. I picked up a sbr one and will replace this weekend

 

[darthvadar tsi]

Worst case scenario is a cracked valve cover. Most likely just a bad valve cover gasket. Or you could have just spilled some oil. Is there oil in your spark plug wire "valley"?

Well lets say I do have a cracked valve cover gasket, would it harm any other parts if I drove it like that? But its fairly clean i dont think oil got in there .

His exhaust Manifold is cracked. Mine does that too when I first turn it on. I picked up a sbr one and will replace this weekend

If it is cracked, did you drive with it like that for a little while? If not could I?

 

[ChiTownHussla]

U in did?... since ive had the car since last November. I just got another one. SBR ONE. ITS OK I WOULD SAY you will probably lose some mpg and what not but I say its okay

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

You could remove the top heat shield from the manifold so you could see what's going on a little better. If it's a crack you will surely see it coming right out when you start the car and you should hear some ticking type noise from the area. If not, you might see some oil running down from the valve cover around where the manifold bolts up to the head which is burning off. Or maybe you just had some condensation/moisture on the engine from having it sit in the cold garage, outside, or wherever you have it and there's nothing wrong with it.

So, if you really want to know what your problem is you are going to have to figure out what exactly is going on. Good luck

 

[4g63Powered]

Two suggestions:

1.) wipe off any crud on the head from the valve cover down the the exhaust manifold. Run the car. If there's more oil, you're getting oil seeping through the gasket.

2.) As stated, take off the manifold heat shield and look for cracks. Extremely commonplace. I had one crack right in where the four runners come together.

 

[darthvadar tsi]

It stopped, i fired her up today and there was no smoke so i assume it was just from sitting. Thanks for everybodys help. dsm power!