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V8 Smoking Tail pipes...
Hey guys... I want to run this by you so maybe some of you know the answer to this delimma.... I got a 540i. The car seems to smoke alot more than usual... white smoke. At first, I thought it was because of short trips and lots of condensation in the exhaust system.
But tonite... 26 degree... and about 5 miles of driving and park in my driveway, the car smoked like crazy... sort of like steam plant. I am losing some coolant... about a reservoir per 3 weeks but I thought that leak is because of that infamous pipe by the ICV... I do see evidence of coolant in that area underneath the car.
Still, the car smoked! Is this a sign of something else is bad? A bad headgasket is unlikely... so what else could it be? No oil loss. Maybe bad ICV? What do you think? Winifred? BillR?
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Im not Winfred or Bill R but I saw them on TV once...being thats said...
good luck.
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are there ant signs of coolant ib oil or visa versa...5 miles isnt enough unless its stop start to dry out the exhaust
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No... just changed oil recently... no coolant in oil nor vice versa. I am thinking I need to take a long drive to dry out the exhaust system... to see if it still smokes afterward
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sure its a leak into the exhaust and not the back of the bypass tube?
shoot I wasnt gonna answer.
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In cold weather, mine blows white smoke out the tailpipe at red lights for about a half an hour before it stops. Have you done the handkerchief test?
