My car exhaust is smoking

What can exhaust smoke tell you? How to fix exhaust smoke? Pay attention to what it needs to ensure more miles for your vehicle. One reason for white smoke is very common and completely harmless. One of two conditions is responsible for white smoke blowing out of your exhaust.

First is normal condition (so you don’t have to panic) and the second is a not so normal condition which should be fixed as soon as possible. If it is leaking in your engine , then it may get into the cylinder where the fuel is burned to make the car move. White smoke can be a big problem or not, depending on the thickness. The white smoke is the result of normal condensation which builds up inside the exhaust system.

I mentioned in that last tip that no one could possibly be so ignorant as to let their car run out of coolant. No one but me, that is. My first car (when I was 17) was a Chevy Chevette. I knew nothing about car maintenance, having only a vague idea about oil changes being somehow necessary.

Some of the small emissions are harmless and nothing to worry about. Your car is emitting a black exhaust smoke. Not only is black exhaust smoke unhealthy, but it can be caused by a clogged fuel return line, a leaking fuel injector, or a stuck fuel pressure regulator. If left untreate the risk of damaging your lower end engine and exhaust emission components,.

Black exhaust smoke means the engine is burning too much fuel. The first think you should check is your air-filter and other intake components like sensors, fuel injectors and the fuel-pressure regulator. Other reasons could be a clogged fuel return line. Black smoke is usually the easiest issue to diagnose and fix, but burning unnecessary fuel will definitely affect your fuel economy, so don’t think of avoiding this one to save money, any delay will be very costly.

Some white exhaust smoke is normal, especially when you first start the car. Condensation can turn to vapor, providing what looks like white exhaust. But excessive white smoke likely means coolant is leaking into the engine combustion chambers. One thing to note: If the smoke coming out of your exhaust has a blue-ish tint, this is caused by oil in the combustion chamber.

If the smoke is VERY white, with no hint of blue or black, then you have water in your combustion chamber. The oil will flow into the combustion chamber, then it is being burnt together with the fuel, creating blue smoke. Valve cover gaskets are one insidious and endemic cause of oil smoking , particularly on V-configured engines.

Park your car in a safe place, take out the key, and exit the car. Blue smoke = bad piston rings, you’re burning oil and you could run the engine dry. When the car overheats for an extended period of time or is low on coolant (causing the temperature to rise), the severe heat can cause the cylinder head gasket to become compromised which causes oil to leak into the coolant and water to leak into the engine. If your car is blowing blue smoke , it’s a clear sign that the engine is burning oil.

Should your car present any of the warning signs below, now is the time to have your car looked at. Here are of the most common causes of a car blowing white smoke from the exhaust pipe. If you notice white smoke coming from your muffler, don’t automatically assume the worst.

THE EXHAUST pipe is an emissions outlet for your vehicle, and while most people think that only diesel vehicles blow smoke, all vehicle types can and will blow smoke from the exhaust pipe(s). And the colour and duration of the smoke can tell you whether your car is healthy or very sick. This is generally steam caused by condensation. Billowing fumes almost always mean there’s something seriously wrong with your car.

But the color of that smoke might help you understand what type of repair can help fix it. Many engine problems create abnormal or excessive exhaust smoke. In your engine, fuel is burned in each cylinder, creating exhaust gases. It should reduce or even disappear after the car becomes reasonably warm. As the engine warms up after a few minutes, this white smoke will not be reduced because condensation is dissipated.

Black smoke typically comes with a strong odor of fuel, and indicates that there's too much fuel or not enough air going into the motor, or that there's a spark malfunction causing a misfire. Exhaust smoke comes in three basic flavors: black, white and blue. If I rev the engine the smoking will stop for about secs or so then starts back again. The smoke is not thick to where it will fill the road up by any means but it is noticable.

My car is smoking from the exhaust. I got my oil changed at Walmart, thr next day I realizd they put in 10w-when my truck only takes 5w-it says it right on the oil cap. When I told them, they said they saw in the computer that it.