Rx8 white smoke on startup

Answered by a verified Mazda Mechanic. It is just white smoke but it does go away after I. This is because the two stroke engine have back up oil which normally enters the fuel chamber to lubricate the piston. When i first installed my exhaust on my RXi got a weird smell also. It is really common for newer fuel injected engines to blow a small amount off blue smoke on cold startup.

Is it actually smoke or just water vapor? The radiator was replace due to a crack on the bottom. White smoke can be a big problem or not, depending on the thickness. In this video we show you why! The white smoke is the result of normal condensation which builds up inside the exhaust system.

Black smoke is normally an extremely rich running engine. Blue smoke would be excessive oil consumption, but a little blue smoke on startup is normal as the oil collected in the combustion chambers during the engine downtime is burnt off. My car is bucking like a bronco, when I hit the throttle it lags, there is white smoke coming from my oil dip stick slot, and trunk. It smells like burning rubber. I have already purchased a few bottles of Auto- RX.

I thought I had that problem from day one I owned the car. Since when I got the car it was winter and I did not pay much attention to the smoke and thought that was normal. It only has 60miles on it. If you have white smoke constatly throughout the whole day and overheating.

Engine stalls after starting. Stand on throttle until white smoke stops coming out of the exhaust. The vehicle had just had the cam belt change service and drives like a dream.

If smoke is being release then this is indicative of a problem. HOWTO looks at all the possible reasons why white smoke is coming from your exhaust pipe. This morning, I started my car as normal for a short warm up, only to find a small amount of white smoke coming from the engine bay. At first I dismissed it , since it was rather col but by the time I had moved around the carport and readied to get onto the roa the smoke was more evident than before. The reason why there is white smoke on start up will depend on the condition of the engine when the white smoke is notice.

If you notice the white smoke from exhaust only when the engine is very col then this condition is normal this happens because the condensation is steaming off when you start the engine. I had no response for him until I got a letter saying he would like his money back as the car was not fit for purpose. If the car didn’t start or the engine let go then I would not have hesitated to give his money back but I was just a set of coils, unfortunately I can not predict when coils are going to let go. It will smoke for a couple of minutes until the engines warms up. It occurrs once every 1starts or so.

Heres some data on the RX 140miles runs great, mileage is good around mpg in the city. One reason for white smoke is very common and completely harmless. Moved to golf cart community and for last year averaged 175. I now drive highway and city. Car in garage when not in use.

No noctieable difference in power. Start after rebuild- Lots of white smoke HELP! One way is oil this is normally a whitish blue to blue smoke and has the apparent smell of oil being burned. Next could be antifreeze when it is being burned it has a sweet type of smell and tends to dissipate in the air rather quickly. When I was driving home, there were tons of white smoke coming from the rear.

The car already failed smog test and about to retire. Went out to start it and the first time it turned over a coulple times then got series of clicks. It appears grayish- white in color.

Seems like every month or so, the puff gets a bit bigger.