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    i noticed some white smoke coming out my exhaust and some drops, and i have bad history with my older car.

    can you tell me how bad it is?
    consider its 41 f outside



    and as far as i know there no coolant loss
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    Looks pretty normal to me.
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    thats the water coming out the exhaust

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    prob just condensation. the muffler reached its dewpoint and started forming condnsation in the muffler, all normal, doest it have a smell to it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by HVACgtp View Post
    prob just condensation. the muffler reached its dewpoint and started forming condnsation in the muffler, all normal, doest it have a smell to it?
    im not sure what i suppose to smell.
    theres some smell but its not a coolant smell.
    i think all grand prix have the gas smell coming out.
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    i dont think ya have anything to worry about. if it doesnt smeel like coolant, doesnt smell like oil, your good. and its prob not smoke, its prob just steam.
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    if it was actually smoke, it wouldnt dissipate so quickly, it would linger. sorry didnt realize it was a video, its just moisture lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by HVACgtp View Post
    i dont think ya have anything to worry about. if it doesnt smeel like coolant, doesnt smell like oil, your good. and its prob not smoke, its prob just steam.
    lol im worried about the steam.

    my older car had white smoke until it hydro locked.
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    lol, i can go take a video of my car right now, and it will look the same way. and thats not smoke.
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    yea but if it smokes on idle on a relativley cool mornning it wil smoke regardless however its not "smoke" its just condensation which is created from hot exhaust and the cool metal. if it smokes through your whole drive cycle you have a issue
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    whats the humidity level there? put it this way, look at a glass with ice water in it. take it outside on a warm day and condensation forms on the outside. you have a cold muffler which has suddenly become warm. you wanna know exactly what it is? research dew point
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    How long has the engine been running? Have you brought the engine up to normal operating temp? Drive for a while and still see smoke? If the smoke is ALWAYS present (unless it's freezing cold outside - obviously) even after a nice drive, then I'd say check it out. You'll know oil burning smell as well as coolant burning if it's there.
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    My two GP's has been smoking all the drive cycle since November ; Key point here is that it's been bellow freezing since then

    Pro-tip ; It's steam. Take a deep breath of it and if your brain try to see if it smells something, it's just steam! Coolant smells pretty strong. And oil ; Remember that civic in front of you? It smells like that!
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    Quote Originally Posted by WolvesSoulZ View Post
    And oil ; Remember that civic in front of you? It smells like that!
    Lmao!
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    Quote Originally Posted by WolvesSoulZ View Post
    My two GP's has been smoking all the drive cycle since November ; Key point here is that it's been bellow freezing since then

    Pro-tip ; It's steam. Take a deep breath of it and if your brain try to see if it smells something, it's just steam! Coolant smells pretty strong. And oil ; Remember that civic in front of you? It smells like that!
    Lol.
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    We are right.

    However there is some preventative things you can do to ensure that your engine never hydrolocks on you.

    Look up the threads I posted on "L36 failure" and "how to mod a lim"
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