DeezNutz

I went out of town for 5 days and left the CL-S at home. I noticed that my car started up with quite a bit of exhaust smoke this morning and continued for the couple of minutes I let it warm up before taking off. It doesn't appear to be doing it now after a 40 mile drive in to work, so I was wondering if anyone had thoughts on *why* I saw that???

AkuraCLS

your turbo seals are going..













nah just might be water in the exhaust (dew) that was comming out..did it smell like anything?

DeezNutz

It had a strong but typical exhaust smell. I'll just keep an eye on it I guess.

EricL

As mentioned, probably condensation (if white, that's water).

BTW, until the cat. warms up (and engine warms up), the tailpipe exhaust can be pretty stinky...

Chopsie

What color was is it ?
White = worry free

dgracer

Actually;
clear/condensation/steam=worry free.
white smoke=head gasket
blue smoke = oil burning (rings or valve seals
grey/black smoke =fuel fowling

DeezNutz

Wow! I've never seen a color-coded key for exhaust! Thanks!

I haven't noticed anything since then, so the next time it sits for a few days I'll have to check it out again. It was pretty bizaare at the time. I wondered about a head gasket leak, but it would have kept up rather than just that one time.

dgracer

If the car was outside on a cold humid morning, this would be normal. You should have seen a lot of cars doing it.

dfreder371

Drive the car until it is warmed up. Then, let the car idle for a FULL 10 minutes. Briefly floor the engine. If you get a good sized cloud of white smoke=bad valve guides and/or seals. If so, shouldn't be cheap to fix, but it won't be expensive either.

DeezNutz

it was in my garage for 5 days while i was out of town. it wasn't a cold morning, so that's what had me worried.

i'll do the idle thing tonight. thanks.

quikcls

are you refering to white smoke/head gasket= anti freeze burn off?
i'd prob say it was just runnin rich cuz its been sittin for awhile. but do keep an eye out esp for color of smoke