Quick Question

AMACHA · Post by **AMACHA** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:58 pm

My car is driving liek a beauty but today it wasa cold morning and two days ago i drove through the worst rainn i had ever seen the water on the hume/hwy sydney roadwas about 15cm high and the orad was starting to flood anyway i got hoem safe and now its been the first tiem iv turned my caro n since driving two days ago and i noticed white smoke ocming out of the exhaust is that normal ok?do i need to get it checked out.

Thanks guys
Amacha
have a merry christmas all!

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:58 pm

If the motor is running normally I'd say it's just steam from the exhaust evaporating any water that may have got into your muffler or exhaust anyway, like when you was the car but of course we are talking about a lot more water. In my experience you would know if your motor ingested water, water doesn't compress so can easily blow up the motor, blow a conrod etc.

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:05 pm

although in the same breath I have learnt over the years that I always feel better if I;ve had a chat to a mechanic if I'm not sure.

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:13 pm

My baby always smokes a bit on cold wet mornings - pretty normal I think.

I'll try getting her on nicotine patches in the new year.

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:44 pm

now that you mention it Grue so does mine (I live about an hour from the coldest place in Queensland and am on top of the Great dividing range). Especially when it's less than 10 degrees and foggy. Or cold and wet like Grue said

Let us know if the nicotine patches help

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:59 am

If there was water in the motor, you would know it cause it would just break basically!! All sorts of dramas there, so if it runs ok, wouldn't worry about it. All it will be is condensation in the exhaust steaming off.

Nothing to worry about at al.