white smoke

[Tzar177]

Today while getting onto the highway, I had white smoke come out my tailpipe for a few seconds. It started when I was around 5000rpm in 3rd gear. When I shifted into 4th gear, the smoke went away and never came back. This is the first time it has ever smoked. What could have happened here?

 

[Dparks7]

oil leaking? or burning oil?

 

[jonridinhi]

white can be water ....

 

[Tzar177]

I do not have an oil leak nor do I consume oil

 

[Droopy]

from my experience, white means water...

 

[KrayzieFox]

Oil would be a bluish gray color exhaust

 

[jonridinhi]

Had it been sitting for a while? If it was a j/w (cooling water) leak it should happen often. Anything special that day...long idle time, sat for a while, ran it hard before heating up? Not trying to dog you just trying toget a feel.

 

[Tzar177]

Car wasnt sitting long, maybe hour n half. No long idle. I really dont run the car hard, especially when the family is with me...which they were. I thought I was already in 4th gear, but it was 3rd. Hitting 5k rpm is rare for me

 

[CulRidr]

if you never rev the engine, it's quite possible that you simply cleaned the engine "italian style", and burnt off some crap in your combustion chamber.

 

[Tzar177]

if you never rev the engine, it's quite possible that you simply cleaned the engine "italian style", and burnt off some crap in your combustion chamber.

Hope so

 

[CulRidr]

A one time "smoke show" is very rarely something to worry about. A constant one is where you should start taking notice.