Mini cooper white smoke

The white smoke is the coolant leaking out of the engine and winding up in the oil passages, due to a bad head gasket. Is level increase or milky appearance? The above indicates a bad head gasket, causing the white smoke u describe.

Mini Cooper Smoke from engine or exhaust Inspection costs between $and $on average. The parts and labor required for this service are. White smoke from exhaust after idling for a few minutes. When the car stays still and idles for a few minutes and then you drive after idling it white smoke comes. The usual source is coolant leaking into the cylinders from a faulty head gasket.

You should have it checked over by. If it is oil, the smoke would hang around a bit more than steam or condensation would. First week driving it was fine. Sent it in for a service.

Mini S to occasionally smoke , and smoke on startup almost every time? Blue_ smoke _of_death - Mini Cooper Forum. You say the engine was rebuilt a year ago ? The smoke persists throughout the drive. It sounds perfectly fine.

Most likely caused by a blown head gasket. Stop driving the car until you can have this repaired. Otherwise if you do have coolant entering the combustion chamber you will destroy the engine. So I got a plate JCW Cooper S 1. Been running fine until today I came off the motorway and after driving about half a mile down the road noticed thick white smoke coming from the exhaust! I had to Take it back to the garage because they hadn’t changed a seal and it was leaking oil.

I had also flagged to them that it was intermittently billowing white smoke. It appears they did not address the issue with the white smoke from the exhaust. When it reaches operating temperature, I get white smoke coming out the exhaust on idle and on overruns (rev, and step off). If I drive at constant speed (e.g. on motorway), no smoke.

When I hit traffic, smoke appears. No problem with acceleration or turbo boost. No degradation of coolant or oil. My VBMW was smoking randomly and burning oil. Now it is fully and professionally fixed for under $20.

No additives or tricks just replacing a simple part. While these were torn. I feel pretty comfortable doing most troubleshooting and working on my cars.

So during the test drive of this car, I get the car to what I think is operating temperature (more on this later) and let it idle for minutes.