Bmw e46 white smoke

If I continue to drive the car the smoke continue to come out. I recently purchased your pcv kit. I just checked the anti freeze and oil level. The anti freeze level was fine. Stop Smoke from the tail pipe.

For under $No additives. BMW EEERough Cold Start Misfire Common Causes For MM54. I would worry about white smoke as that suggests water. Every BMW I have ever owned has had steam coming out of the exhaust.

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. Coolant fluid enters the cylinder(s) and produce white smoke. Further indicators may be noticable loss of coolant flui possibly also discoloration of the engine oil (grayish).

Hi Sarah, Im an excperienced BMW user. However, there are other issues - including fuel pump, engine troubles. BMW Xhas suddenly started blowing out lots. When the engine is running the smoke appears, then fades, then shortly comes back. I also noticed today theres drops of oil from the exhaust.

Can you please advise what may be the problem as this gave no warning. Taken to garage and fault with oil filter gasket and cooling radiator gasket. Also battery replaced Car was parked for about month). My guess is the valve stem seals are bad.

This is a very common problem with BMW vehicles the same era as yours. As the seals age and harden, they allow oil to seep past the valves and into the combustion chamber. Also for the terrible sound and rough idle, they are probably unrelated to the white smoke. My theory and that of diesel mechanic that stopped to assist on the motorway is that the turbo seals have failed meaning that turbo suffered moderate failure.

Did some research and decided to monitor it the next time I started it up. The car is consuming oil excessively approximately 1L for every tank full of travel (500km) there is white smoke coming out of the exhaust during some hard acceleration especially when the engine is cold. If white smoke comes out of the tailpipe even after the car is warme there is a good chance there is a problem. The easy way to test them is by disconnecting wiring which cause the car to use the default map rather than meter the air.

If the car runs better and no white then a new MAF is required. My diesel 320d started emitting white smoke suddenly one day. One mechanic told me to put diesel fuel injector cleaner in it and service the car. It solved the problem a little bit. They serviced it and cleaned the EGR Valve and told me that CAT converter is faulty.

I was not very satisfied with their advice and took.