XiKeiyaZI
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- Dec 28, 2008
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Goldsboro,
North Carolina
Very simple question, likely shouldn't even be asked, but I'm overly paranoid with my vehicles and when I notice something my mind jumps to the absolute worst possible conclusion.
The temperature is changing, dropping from the hellish 100+'s down into the cool 47-55's in the mornings. As the season changes I've been noticing something strange about the Talon. (She's a 6 bolt, by the way, for those who don't want to check the profile.) It seems that in early mornings when I first start her up, she puffs out noticeable amounts of white/gray smoke. She runs fine, doesn't get hot, doesn't stall, doesn't surge (well...she fights to find her idle after a cold startup due to displacement and CAM selection, but nothing bad. Always been this way), but there are just these small random puffs of whitish exhaust. After the car has warmed up and been running a bit this ceases happening.
The smell of the exhaust when it's doing this is very exhausty. Cool word, right? It doesn't smell a thing like coolant, just plain ole' good solid exhaust. Not too much fuel. No fluids. No oil. Just.. exhaust. My question is - Should I blame it on the weather being cooler? Is it as simple as condensation forming in the exhaust overnight and being heated up and evaporated out of the exhaust? Last time compression was checked it was absolutely perfect.
So, I likely have answered my own question but I'd just like to see if I can get a little feedback or maybe someone else with a perfectly healthy engine that's experiencing the same thing (or if it's dying) can chime in and share their words.
The temperature is changing, dropping from the hellish 100+'s down into the cool 47-55's in the mornings. As the season changes I've been noticing something strange about the Talon. (She's a 6 bolt, by the way, for those who don't want to check the profile.) It seems that in early mornings when I first start her up, she puffs out noticeable amounts of white/gray smoke. She runs fine, doesn't get hot, doesn't stall, doesn't surge (well...she fights to find her idle after a cold startup due to displacement and CAM selection, but nothing bad. Always been this way), but there are just these small random puffs of whitish exhaust. After the car has warmed up and been running a bit this ceases happening.
The smell of the exhaust when it's doing this is very exhausty. Cool word, right? It doesn't smell a thing like coolant, just plain ole' good solid exhaust. Not too much fuel. No fluids. No oil. Just.. exhaust. My question is - Should I blame it on the weather being cooler? Is it as simple as condensation forming in the exhaust overnight and being heated up and evaporated out of the exhaust? Last time compression was checked it was absolutely perfect.
So, I likely have answered my own question but I'd just like to see if I can get a little feedback or maybe someone else with a perfectly healthy engine that's experiencing the same thing (or if it's dying) can chime in and share their words.
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