White smoke and water dripping from exhaust

If white smoke starts to escape immediately, water begins to drip as the car warms up, and your exhaust smells of antifreeze, there is a coolant leak inside your engine. Perform two final checks by opening your radiator (when cool) and look for oil floating on the water , and pulling your dipstick and looking for a milky emulsion (antifreeze mixed with the oil) on it. This water forms as water droplets the moment you warm up your engine in the morning. This type of water dripping is harmless and should not be a cause of concern for motorists.

Exhaust emitting white smoke. With time, the pistons wear out, and the rings start leaking. You can taste on the water from the exhaust , if it smells sweet it’s most likely coolant, and in this case, you have a bigger problem. Water or coolant is also dripping out the exhaust pipes as well. I thought it might have a leaking or blown head gasket, but I just heard back from my mechanic that the head gaskets are fine.

This is normal and is why exhaust systems have small holes at the rear of the muffler to allow water to drip out. When the engine is again started the exhaust system will heat up evaporating the water causing steam. This will cause white smoke , along with the idle issue.

Smell it and check if it smells like burning oil. If yes, then it may indicate a cracked piston or bad piston rings in your vehicle. What does a water like drop coming out of the. It could also be leaking into the oil which you could easily.

Thick white smoke pouring from the exhaust is usually due to a crack in the cylinder hea engine block or head gasket. This is caused by constant temperature fluctuations and a consistently overheating engine due to low coolant levels. A cracked head may allow coolant to leak into one or more cylinders or into the combustion chamber of the engine.

In this case there is nothing to worry about. But if you have petrol coming out of your exhaust pipe or if water is running from your exhaust after your car has been running for a period of time, it is important to have your car checked by a professional. 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.

Sometimes but not always. Doing a pressure test on the cooling system with the spark plugs out will let you know for sure if coolant is entering the cylinders. White smoke is caused by coolant entering the cylinder. 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.

Black smoke or very dark smoke coming from the exhaust pipe. A new fuel odor or drop in MPG that seems to be coming from the exhaust pipe. If the leak is severe, it might even come out of the exhaust pipe directly as you run the car, which would mean the dark liquid you observed in step is actually oil and not a soot- water mix.

If white smoke is coming out from the exhaust pipe, you have to check the engine to determine the cause. Check the combustion chamber of the engine. However the leaking oil.

A small amount of water dripping from the tailpipe of a cold engine is normal, and should cause no concern. On the other han white smoke requires a thorough examination of the engine. The problem could lie in the combustion chamber or because of faulty piston oil rings.

Oil coming out of exhaust can also be noticed by the color of smoke. As a car owner you expect something to come from the tailpipe. This is an emissions outlet for your vehicle, and so vapors will exit from there.