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white smoke

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:25 pm
by bduffman
White smoke from engine bay what can cause this ? Basicly stoped at the lights and noticed white smoke coming from under the hood on the left side pulled over turned engine off and poped bonnet and noticed small amount of white smoke coming from near the rear of the engine

Re: white smoke

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:05 pm
by aza013
maybe oil dripping on the engine pipes.

Re: white smoke

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:07 pm
by spency
water leak? did you notice your car over heating at all?

Re: white smoke

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:29 pm
by bduffman
nar wasnt over heating at all and i just looked and theres some oily grease looking stuff sprayed across the back firewall and on a few pipes
gona get my mechanic to come have a look at it but i didnt go to work tonight just incase but drove it back home ( 10 mins or so ) no issues

on a good note i found where another fto lives haha i pulled down into this street to stop and he was parked there lol

Re: white smoke

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:07 pm
by payaya
Check the two pipes collected to the throttle body, both sides.

Re: white smoke

Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:41 pm
by DaveO
Check your CV boot. At the g/box.

Re: white smoke

Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:16 pm
by nvr2low
or check your power steering hoses or brake lines ive had them break and a lot of white smoke out the bonnet. you kinda sh*t urself when u see that i know i did lol.