White Smoke can also appear on older, carburetted cars, if the Air/Fuel Mixture (A/F Ratio) is too lean. This increases horsepower and high end torque, and the engine will use less fuel from its tank. But the engine will run much hotter, which means its likely to overheat with stock radiator on a warm summer day. Ratio should Not be lower than 13,2... Black smoke indicates a very rich A/F Ratio, leading to a cooler, more driveable engine with quite enough low-end torque and less stressed parts. A rich adjusted carb will make less mileage per gallon, but it doesn't burn the spark plugs so often. Ratio should not exeed 16 I used to have a 47cc moped from 1985, of course carbed (1.1 CFM) generating 1,5 Hp and Running ~30 Mph (45 Km/h). It wasn't tuneable, so i just drilled some holes in the airfilter cover and closed them with duct tape till it run well. It was a 2-stroke, and i had to change the spark plug 1 to 2 times a Year. Of course, two stroke engines burn their plugs way faster than 4-stroke, so i think it was set quite rich, maybe 14,5 to 15...
I found this video at just the right time. I get white "smoke" when I start my van up, but it goes away real quick once I drive. Good to know it's nothing to worry about.
I put a potato in my exhaust because I didn't like the white smoke that was coming out. I get a little lightheaded and sleepy while driving but it's been fine so far
My Ford Capri used to burn tons of oil and smoked blue on startup, in August i changed the valve stem seals, since then oil consumption has slowly come down to almost zero! the job only cost me 19 Euros for the seals and i got a valve spring compressor from a friend and i had it done in about 6 hours of work ( the engine is a 12v OHV V6 )
Jim Allen My Capri has the 3.0 British Essex series engine, they were never offered in the US as for example my 1975 3.0 Capri is faster than the anemic 302 that was available in 1975, the 2.6 and 2.8 engines were German made Cologne series engines.
Jim Allen In the US they have almost dissapeared although there is a club for them, but here in Europe there are many of them left, in the UK they have skyrocketed in price, in the UK they made 250 Capris with 3.1 150Hp engines to homologate them for touring car racing, now one of these 250 road cars in concours condition is worth nearly 50k USD and i'm not kidding hust google Capri RS 3100 auction
The head gasket on my '97 Jeep Wrangler broke, and I still drove 20 km to the next garage followed by a white cloud, pausing every now and then to refill the rad. Those AMC/Chrysler 4 cyls were quite tough! Very quick throttle response and nice sound too, more like a V8 than a 4
a bad PCV system will also make smoke because the crankcase is not getting ventilated properly because sometimes people are too cheap to change the PCV valve and the air cleaner on a regular basis
What if the "ambient temperature" is fairly cold (say 0 C/32 Fahrenheit or a few degrees colder)? Could you then expect white smoke even after having driven 20-30 minutes? Also, is the fact that the car is not leaking/loosing coolant a not as reliable sign of possible blown head gasket if it is winter and colder than in the summer when it is wormer? Thanks in advance!
Well, if your car is a Trabant then you've got a 2-stroke engine. That means you gotta mix the 2-stroke oil and the petrol together. I guess that means no messy oil changes.
Joe Kelleher no it can't nicotine is a chemical that goes to your brain when you smoke tobacco and realises dopamine into you brain (the fell good hormone) and after 5 minutes or so the dopamine levels drop. This is what makes you addicted to tobacco because you crave more so you can fell good again
That's good. Electric cars are never meant to produce smoke, hence why they're in the zero emissions VED band, resulting in free road tax. #wereinthemoney
1: Which type of smoke is the worst to have? 2: That blue smoke looks like you're hitting the video game nos 🤣 3: You're awesome @CarThrottle, and can you try to edit subtitles in your videos? I'm having a hard time processing the information.
I had a strange white smoke encounter a few weeks ago. I always use E10 95 octane but this one time only E5 octane 100 was available. My Aygo started to blow out white smoke like crazy and it stopped once the E5 Octane 100 fuel was out of the system and I got back to E10 Octane 95. That was a nerve breaker.
i was pushing my car the other day and suddenly there was a white blueish smoke cloud coming from my car the smoke cloud was pretty big i stopped and checked out the car nothing looked or sounded wrong and it has not done it after that. should i be worried and get it checked out? i honestly have no clue on what to think about the incident
White smoke is very common during winter due to the cold weather. It is even more common when driving on LPG - car is smoking like hell during the winter and in the summer there is no smoke at all.
No smoke. Since it's electric it doesn't need spark plugs or pistons. It's like an RC car. Have you ever seen a working electric RC car produce smoke? (Tesla is basically just a beefed up RC car)
Sean Rose my rc car smoked once and then this weird orange gas looking stuff started coming out of it then it stopped working for good Rymden2 was joking btw
Before I owned my current car, it was parked due to the last one. funnily enough, it wasn't the gasket itself, but a hole in the actual alloy head, Chem-I-Weld went in, hole got sealed and the engine still works to this day
That first point was wrong, it isn't excess fuel. It's because there isn't enough air relative to fuel so the fuel is not able to completely combust, soot is a biproduct of incomplete combustion and so that's what it is.
i have soot build up on my rear bumper and window. how should i go about fixing this problem and much will it cost. thanks for any suggestions or tips....
One note, on older Honda's theres something called an automatic transmission modulator that operates with vacuum, when the modulator fails it can suck trans fluid into the intake manifold causing white, sharp scented smoke (it also super cleans the engine and will slowly result in running low on trans fluid). You can tell if the modulator failed by simply chking the vacuum line for fluid, there shouldnt be any.
In Florida, especially on a very humid summer morning. Water will even come out the tail pipes. Especially if you let your car sit cold for a few days in Florida you’ll see a lot of water come out
Sup guys, I got a quick question. I have a 2006 Mitsubishi Evo IX and all the performance mods I've done are just a cold air intake, a Tomei turbo and a catback muffler delete. The rest is stock and I've just done a lot of cosmetic work. From time to time though, when I start the engine, it emits thick sky blue colored smoke from the exhaust. It seems to dissipate when I drive but when the car comes to a stop and it idles, it makes knocking noises under the driver's seat and the blue smoke comes out again. Plz help.
Saw you guys comment on Boostedboiz's 100k video earlier, that made my day lol. Nice video though! Love these little informative bits, always a pleasure to watch 👍
Also getting some black smoke from my 1.9 TDI Golf 4. The previous owner installed a power-box thing so it injects more fuel. But from this video I see that I shouldn't really worry.
Is it bad to flush dollars down your toilet? Because you're flushing dollars out of your tailpipe. Oh sure, small numbers like 22mpg vs 28mpg are not huge - but it would take your gas bill from $2k/yr to $2545/yr if you drive a decent amount... it'd be worth it to me to fix it and see how much mileage improved.
Yes because you get "bore wash" you fire that much fuel in it washes the oil off the bores, halving the engines life. That's why you're oil level never goes down the injectors are topping you're sump up 👍
As an engine mechanic, he greatly over simplified the white smoke portion of the video. In some cases, yes, it is only water vapor. But if you get a large enough coolant leak, even then it won't produce the large amounts of white smoke shown in the video. In fact, most of the time, you won't even know that you have a large coolant leak into your cylinders until you get the warning light on, telling you that your coolant level is low, followed rapidly by your engine overheating. You can only get the huge level of white smoke produced from a big diesel engine (like the cement truck in the video) if there is a large oil leak from the turbo, allowing oil to be burned in the combustion chamber. Or in case of the Chrysler 300 shown, a blown head gasket, allowing oil in to the cylinders.
Thanks for giving such a nice explanation. I noticed my car exhaust without any smoke but the smell is pungent and irritate eyes. Kindly explain this !
A vehicle can have an oil burning or mixture control problem but you still may not have any visible emissions coming out the tail pipe. This can happen because the catalytic converter is doing its job and cleaning the exhaust before it comes out. The only way you may become aware of these problems is either by getting a check engine light and trouble codes or by having the spark plugs foul and having to add oil all the time. Further if you run a engine too long with these problems you can damage the converter. Then after that you will begin seeing visible emissions.
Today my dad's 200 series landcruiser diesel going up a highway hill today and was absolutely pumping out thick blue smoke the whole way up the hill, when we were at the top of the hill there was let's say a 3 Metre Square trail of blue smoke all the way down the hill, people had to change lanes it must have killed them. The car ain't that old, after that we gave it a good rev out up some more hills until it cleared and now it's been fine.
When my engine is running cold, the crank will only turn while on handy and there is lots of white smoke coming from the chambers when it is locked out. This is when it comes up to temperature and it won't go backwards. It's a 1.9tdi VW
i saw two cars pouring out white smoke this morning. it was 70 degrees out so it was definitely NOT harmless steam. unfortunately, i couldn't catch them in the traffic and tell them to get it looked after. one less Isuzu and one less VW Passat on the road though, so it's not a complete loss
1989 GMC Vandura 2500. Throttle body. White smoke/exhaust. Blowing smoke/exhaust rings as well. There's no coolant in the oil, and I'm not losing oil. Im losing coolant but not leaking onto the ground. Exhaust is a little rich in unburned fuel. I was told it may be a gummed up sensor or gummed up spark plugs (from not taking it on the highway). Im not mechanically inclined, so any info would be appreciated. Thank you!
My 1.4 TSI (VW) smokes very little black during cold start the first 3 seconds. What is this caused? It's on a 2006 VW Golf V. Only driven 68.000 km :( Great video guys!
As Chris Williams already mentioned it is absolutely ok. In fact it is pretty much normal cold start behavior, specially in colder (< 5°C) conditions. The engine is really cold and to warm it up faster or just to hold the minimum revs (to not stall) is to rich up the fuel mixture - specially to start the engine itself. You may have a slightly higher rpm in the first 30s or so too. I have a Golf VI 1.4 TSI (next engine generation to yours) and my default RPM is about 700 and in cold conditions for the first few seconds often at about 1100 rpm.
For starting, modern engines will adjust the fuel mixture, like a choke did back in the days. Once it is running and starting to warm up, they go back to the normal, much more efficient mixtures and put out much less emissions.
Thanks for the answers guys. I do understand it now. The black smoke comes from a rich mixture the first 2-5 seconds. The engine drives very good and sounds healthy. I just always wondered due to the fact that my old car didn't do it. - But thanks!
Responsible motorists will ensure they take their emanations home with them by connecting the exhaust pipe to the passenger cabin. I think that would make things much better for everyone
My BMW has white smoke when I start it up, mostly from a cold start, but goes away after some time as I drive it/ as it warms up. I don't know for sure if it's steam or actual smoke, because it does smell, but that might be the actual exhaust fumes and steam mixing together. I did have a leak in my gasket, and was repaired.
i have 2 questions kindly i want a response first of all exhaust condensation make a little white smoke ? 2nd question , can an exhaust condensation happens in a warm weather? and thanks a lot ❤
blue smoke means replace cylinders, dummy white smoke from engine bay means replace headgasket, dummy the white / black smoke from under the car means check if theres any exauhust pipe left
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The only smoke coming from Subaru's are the owners vaping...
And of course Mr. Spaghetti and his Miata ;)
and the white smoke from the inevitable head gasket failure.
and the head gasket...
your original
i own an 06 wrx sti and can proudly say, none of the above apply to me.... yet :p
White smoke means we gotta new pope
LOL best comment under this video
No surrender, Popes a bender.
Haha you made me laugh :D
Pope got a new car
That's a nice one)
Simple rule of thumb
Blue=Oil
White=Water
Black=Fuel
JoshhM97 so if it's white u need water?
JoshhM97 awesome thank you I'm still learning
White Smoke can also appear on older, carburetted cars, if the Air/Fuel Mixture (A/F Ratio) is too lean. This increases horsepower and high end torque, and the engine will use less fuel from its tank. But the engine will run much hotter, which means its likely to overheat with stock radiator on a warm summer day. Ratio should Not be lower than 13,2...
Black smoke indicates a very rich A/F Ratio, leading to a cooler, more driveable engine with quite enough low-end torque and less stressed parts. A rich adjusted carb will make less mileage per gallon, but it doesn't burn the spark plugs so often. Ratio should not exeed 16
I used to have a 47cc moped from 1985, of course carbed (1.1 CFM) generating 1,5 Hp and Running ~30 Mph (45 Km/h). It wasn't tuneable, so i just drilled some holes in the airfilter cover and closed them with duct tape till it run well. It was a 2-stroke, and i had to change the spark plug 1 to 2 times a Year. Of course, two stroke engines burn their plugs way faster than 4-stroke, so i think it was set quite rich, maybe 14,5 to 15...
What about TDI ?😂😂
@@Handyman1199 good info bro .thank you.
I'm getting smoke from my tires when I do burnout is that bad
Carlos Mejia no that is awesome
Carlos Mejia
thats deadly. please consult your physician.
It depends on the color
no , tat is the heat
What does Tesla's black smoke means ?
Your car is on fire.
You're doing too much burnouts
TwoJayzee M157 that me and the mad scientist need to replace the piston rings you fried
Tesla cars are electric, so it's an electrical fault, no questions asked.
MrSupercar55
You are that one student in the class that ruins it for everyone... And by *it* I mean fun.
Spoonzaza IKR
I found this video at just the right time. I get white "smoke" when I start my van up, but it goes away real quick once I drive. Good to know it's nothing to worry about.
Every time you start a Land Rover Defender four polar bears die
Scott RC
Every time you start a hum-vee entire species are wiped out.
Scott RC Worth it!
Every time you Start a Prius somebodies balls fall off...
Motherbrain Jr that is the best prius statement..........ever!
Scott RC if you think a defender is bad try starting an old IH Travelall, 3MPG, and zero emission controls
"you got blue smoke coming from your exhausts"
It's a rotary That's normal
prototip99 ohhhhh snap
8v71 go brrrr
Red smoke means it's that time of month.
does the car suddenly get angry, loud, not listen to you and consume a lot more gas?
*yes*
You forgot to mention it will burn everything around you.
😂😂😂😂😂
Hell yeah.. FDB
I put a potato in my exhaust because I didn't like the white smoke that was coming out. I get a little lightheaded and sleepy while driving but it's been fine so far
DMV Miata and Jeep *face palm*
Andrew Murphy Who needs mechanics when potato can do anything?
@freezeme360 so that’s where smoked potatoes come from...
And the potato makes for a nice snack when you’re done driving
That's smoky chips on the go 😁
If you own a Subaru, you get all 3 at once.
It's a sequence. from starting cold: White -> Black -> Blue. Once you see blue, it is Working As Intended™
Or a ford!
@@sasteveneadams every Ford diesel between 2003-2010
@@bryanmartinez6600 😂🤣😂
[GD] hiyarus I was abt to comment that😂😂
My exhaust smoke tells me its to cold to go outside.
Sword of damocles lol same
Sword of damocles ikr
just a fucking reptile eating
Sword of damocles lol. You deserve my comment
The black smoke coming out of my golf tdi is a remap with 533ftlb of torque lol💨💨💨
these guys always ask the right questions good video
Mr Random Reviews this videos how I found your channel a few months back lol
Blue smoke can also be from a leaking valve cover gasket. It doesn't automatically mean you have piston blowby or need new seals in the head
what if I have 10 foot flames coming out of my exhaust?
Pavlo95 If it's in a V6 mustang, then you wake up after your dream and go about your day
Pavlo95 you have a modified car with a flamethrower kit and or a 2jz
Pavlo95 Just have to wake up like that guy said.. v6 ponies cough on smoke.
Pavlo95 you have a jet strapped on to your car
This guy said his nitro makes flames... Nitro cools down the air that's going into your intake manifold for more dense combustions
My Ford Capri used to burn tons of oil and smoked blue on startup, in August i changed the valve stem seals, since then oil consumption has slowly come down to almost zero! the job only cost me 19 Euros for the seals and i got a valve spring compressor from a friend and i had it done in about 6 hours of work ( the engine is a 12v OHV V6 )
Chris Williams Yep it's a 1975 3.0 Litre
Jim Allen My Capri has the 3.0 British Essex series engine, they were never offered in the US as for example my 1975 3.0 Capri is faster than the anemic 302 that was available in 1975, the 2.6 and 2.8 engines were German made Cologne series engines.
Capri Driver cool story bro
Jim Allen In the US they have almost dissapeared although there is a club for them, but here in Europe there are many of them left, in the UK they have skyrocketed in price, in the UK they made 250 Capris with 3.1 150Hp engines to homologate them for touring car racing, now one of these 250 road cars in concours condition is worth nearly 50k USD and i'm not kidding hust google Capri RS 3100 auction
That's the same engines the mk3 cortina got in South Africa but I don't think the UK cars got them. The Essex 3.0 V6
The head gasket on my '97 Jeep Wrangler broke, and I still drove 20 km to the next garage followed by a white cloud, pausing every now and then to refill the rad. Those AMC/Chrysler 4 cyls were quite tough! Very quick throttle response and nice sound too, more like a V8 than a 4
did they think you were taking a nice huge cig driving down the road?
I'm addicted to watching these videos.. what a good way to spend my Saturday morning 😂😂
KazzaTwo Hey Kazza. Didn't think I'd see you here. I should watch this channel more often to be honest. You streaming on Xbox 1 still later?
You should it's a very good channel, I loved the £200 mercedes videos if you haven't already watched those. And, yes we're streaming on XB1!
KazzaTwo I'll be sure to watch those. Do I have to join the crew to join you?
Yes if that's not a problem :)
KazzaTwo Okay :)
a bad PCV system will also make smoke because the crankcase is not getting ventilated properly because sometimes people are too cheap to change the PCV valve and the air cleaner on a regular basis
We got da car einstein over hea!! 👀 coming at us with his observations. Hes giving thought explanations. ✨✨🌟🌟🌟
I've also noticed that a turbo seal failure on the turbine (hot side) can lead to lots of white smoke with a distinct oil smell.
😬 I watched this video and worried less and then I see this comment and the worries all over again
This is exactly what happened to my previous car - turbo failed and it was lots of thick white smoke
What if the "ambient temperature" is fairly cold (say 0 C/32 Fahrenheit or a few degrees colder)? Could you then expect white smoke even after having driven 20-30 minutes? Also, is the fact that the car is not leaking/loosing coolant a not as reliable sign of possible blown head gasket if it is winter and colder than in the summer when it is wormer? Thanks in advance!
mines telling me my car's a diesel and it smells like absolute shit. she can blow any colour smoke except blue.
Failed EGR valve?
Neo VeNoM nope it just smells it's a older car mk4 VW tdi they all smell newer diesels you can barely smell with all the emissions shit.
My first car was a Peugeot 306 SW 1.9 diesel. I have very fond memories with that car. I love the smell of diesel. Nostalgia is a hell of drug.
injector leak?
If you're willing to pay a little more for premium diesel, BP Ultimate smells way less and the engine clatters less with it, too.
Then again blue smoke from a Trabant is a good sign!
Yup, 2 stroke engines are nicknamed "smokers" because of that.
And old Saab's and DKW's.
2 strokes are fun.
QuasarBarkas Unless it's a sumper.
QuasarBarkas
Any smoke from a trabbie is
Well, if your car is a Trabant then you've got a 2-stroke engine. That means you gotta mix the 2-stroke oil and the petrol together. I guess that means no messy oil changes.
2:10 it isn't smoke, it's steam! Steam from the steamed clams we're having
Waiting for Vape comments
LA of LA VAPE NASH
LA of LA We get it you vape...
I'm running a 30mg VG blend flavorless.. just constant nicotine..😎
Leon Springs Boys TV nicotine kills you know!
Joe Kelleher no it can't nicotine is a chemical that goes to your brain when you smoke tobacco and realises dopamine into you brain (the fell good hormone) and after 5 minutes or so the dopamine levels drop. This is what makes you addicted to tobacco because you crave more so you can fell good again
If your rotary doesn't emit noble blue smoke, you are killing it. Premix, damnit!
What if the exhaust smokes marijuana?
Dave's Garage Then the people standing behind your car will get high.
you join it..
I'd like to see a steam engine powered car that burns marijuana and vents it into the cabin.
You end up with lot of Potheads hanging around you car permanently
Then you don't need to drive it you can fly Hi
this video actually cured like 100% of my stress
I think it's trying to tell me I should buy a car.
Make sure it's not a Tesla.
Short but sweet no BS info. Well done on the video and thank you!
HELP! my a's Tesla doesnt produce any smoke at all, is that bad?
ndk2k4 yes
does the electronic not allow burnouts?
Replace the battery with a Prius one, that should resolve your issue.
Catastrophic
That's good. Electric cars are never meant to produce smoke, hence why they're in the zero emissions VED band, resulting in free road tax. #wereinthemoney
First video that I've searched a few day ago & now I couldn't stop watching Car Throttle's videos..
It's trying to say "Get a Tesla"
HazardousFromage
And if your Tesla is smoking, better call the nearest Fire department :P
Yan Bär
gr8 b8 m8 i r8 8/8 no h8... yet.....
still better than utos
1: Which type of smoke is the worst to have?
2: That blue smoke looks like you're hitting the video game nos 🤣
3: You're awesome @CarThrottle, and can you try to edit subtitles in your videos? I'm having a hard time processing the information.
I had a strange white smoke encounter a few weeks ago.
I always use E10 95 octane but this one time only E5 octane 100 was available.
My Aygo started to blow out white smoke like crazy and it stopped once the E5 Octane 100 fuel was out of the system and I got back to E10 Octane 95.
That was a nerve breaker.
dirty fuel
Amazing video guys, this is one of the best channels on the internet!
Rotary owners just sitting there like............ "I get all of these"
i was pushing my car the other day and suddenly there was a white blueish smoke cloud coming from my car the smoke cloud was pretty big i stopped and checked out the car nothing looked or sounded wrong and it has not done it after that. should i be worried and get it checked out?
i honestly have no clue on what to think about the incident
Good luck hopefully it's nothing expensive mines throws that same color some when I'm stopped but it doesn't do it at every stop very strange
I really love this educational series. Unfortunately, I know the kinds of smoke too well.
green smoke?
Respect for supporting the boostedboiz in their last video. It's cool when big channels help out or even just support smaller channels
What if the smoke is purple with yellow dots?
Xploding-turtle should stop sniffing petrol
JDKCARS you cought me
White smoke is very common during winter due to the cold weather. It is even more common when driving on LPG - car is smoking like hell during the winter and in the summer there is no smoke at all.
I tried to check my Exhaust smoke, but I could not find my exhaust (Tesla model s)
Can anybody help?
person used to smoke cannot be live that a car can be driven with out smoke? ???
Lol
No smoke. Since it's electric it doesn't need spark plugs or pistons. It's like an RC car. Have you ever seen a working electric RC car produce smoke? (Tesla is basically just a beefed up RC car)
Sean Rose my rc car smoked once and then this weird orange gas looking stuff started coming out of it then it stopped working for good
Rymden2 was joking btw
Evan Rogalla I doubt a tesla would do that.
Before I owned my current car, it was parked due to the last one. funnily enough, it wasn't the gasket itself, but a hole in the actual alloy head, Chem-I-Weld went in, hole got sealed and the engine still works to this day
Dude, you should present TOP GEAR
Seriously
You're smart funny and you do know what you are talking about.
All the best man
Dude I love blue smoke I always get happy when I see my 1985 Chevy c10 spewing blue smoke.
That first point was wrong, it isn't excess fuel. It's because there isn't enough air relative to fuel so the fuel is not able to completely combust, soot is a biproduct of incomplete combustion and so that's what it is.
it can be either way. Too much fuel, or too less air. The result is the same.
Toby Turner that is literally what he said
i have soot build up on my rear bumper and window. how should i go about fixing this problem and much will it cost. thanks for any suggestions or tips....
rick berrospi what fuel car? Diesel or petrol?
i use 93 unleaded fuel...petrol on my 2001 bmw 325i wagon with 129,000 miles on it.
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE THIS VIDEO. FROM UK
So if a Subaru breaks a head gasket it vapes with its owner?
Vape juice is made with ethylene glycol, same as coolant. So, yes
One note, on older Honda's theres something called an automatic transmission modulator that operates with vacuum, when the modulator fails it can suck trans fluid into the intake manifold causing white, sharp scented smoke (it also super cleans the engine and will slowly result in running low on trans fluid). You can tell if the modulator failed by simply chking the vacuum line for fluid, there shouldnt be any.
1:50 is how I feel when I start talking to my crush
In Florida, especially on a very humid summer morning. Water will even come out the tail pipes. Especially if you let your car sit cold for a few days in Florida you’ll see a lot of water come out
Sup guys, I got a quick question. I have a 2006 Mitsubishi Evo IX and all the performance mods I've done are just a cold air intake, a Tomei turbo and a catback muffler delete. The rest is stock and I've just done a lot of cosmetic work. From time to time though, when I start the engine, it emits thick sky blue colored smoke from the exhaust. It seems to dissipate when I drive but when the car comes to a stop and it idles, it makes knocking noises under the driver's seat and the blue smoke comes out again. Plz help.
Sounds like rod knock
Saw you guys comment on Boostedboiz's 100k video earlier, that made my day lol.
Nice video though! Love these little informative bits, always a pleasure to watch 👍
i rebuilt my 2 stroke 6 times and it still makes white smoke!!!
Nice video and all, but just take a moment to admire the 370z at 2:14. Proper beauty
I had an ATV that burned oil and coolant, once the headgasket started leaking, I smoked a part of the forest
I really had an image of what you told there XD
Daniel Jensen yup
Blue smoke can also be caused by a too rich a mixture, which will thin the oil down. In this case however the oil on the dipstick will stink of oil.
White smoke can also be caused by bad oil sump ventilation 🤗
Diephouse Or that a new Pope has been elected.
What is that
This is the best channel on RUclips,well done guys!
Im getting black smoke from my tdi remmaped , is that bad ? ;)
alex 57030 running rich,unburned diesel
Also getting some black smoke from my 1.9 TDI Golf 4. The previous owner installed a power-box thing so it injects more fuel. But from this video I see that I shouldn't really worry.
Is it bad to flush dollars down your toilet? Because you're flushing dollars out of your tailpipe.
Oh sure, small numbers like 22mpg vs 28mpg are not huge - but it would take your gas bill from $2k/yr to $2545/yr if you drive a decent amount... it'd be worth it to me to fix it and see how much mileage improved.
Yes because you get "bore wash" you fire that much fuel in it washes the oil off the bores, halving the engines life.
That's why you're oil level never goes down the injectors are topping you're sump up 👍
A good percentage of the diesel you are buying is being wasted.
As an engine mechanic, he greatly over simplified the white smoke portion of the video. In some cases, yes, it is only water vapor. But if you get a large enough coolant leak, even then it won't produce the large amounts of white smoke shown in the video. In fact, most of the time, you won't even know that you have a large coolant leak into your cylinders until you get the warning light on, telling you that your coolant level is low, followed rapidly by your engine overheating. You can only get the huge level of white smoke produced from a big diesel engine (like the cement truck in the video) if there is a large oil leak from the turbo, allowing oil to be burned in the combustion chamber. Or in case of the Chrysler 300 shown, a blown head gasket, allowing oil in to the cylinders.
What is Alex's miata like 😂😂😂😂
I think It can't make any at all.....because it has to be running to be poking out smoke
It can produce dust which looks like smoke when it's windy because it's rusting
raising the white flag!
SAVAGE
This is actually a german built ford mustang . had one myself v6 turbos.
This is the greatest video I've ever seen on RUclips
Exhaust smoke reminds me that I have a Wankel Rotary under the hood of my RX7.
Thanks for giving such a nice explanation. I noticed my car exhaust without any smoke but the smell is pungent and irritate eyes. Kindly explain this !
I love black smoke from diesel cars :)
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Green smoke means i have to watch this again because i forgot why i was watching.
A vehicle can have an oil burning or mixture control problem but you still may not have any visible emissions coming out the tail pipe. This can happen because the catalytic converter is doing its job and cleaning the exhaust before it comes out. The only way you may become aware of these problems is either by getting a check engine light and trouble codes or by having the spark plugs foul and having to add oil all the time. Further if you run a engine too long with these problems you can damage the converter. Then after that you will begin seeing visible emissions.
If I'm a vaper should I get a Subaru ?
nah, get a TDI VW and roll coal
Alive Plebism Yup. White smoke inside, black smoke outside.
vabu94 cant get more black n white
Nah, vaping is strictly for the beanie hat even in Summer VW brigade... so as you were.
Today my dad's 200 series landcruiser diesel going up a highway hill today and was absolutely pumping out thick blue smoke the whole way up the hill, when we were at the top of the hill there was let's say a 3 Metre Square trail of blue smoke all the way down the hill, people had to change lanes it must have killed them. The car ain't that old, after that we gave it a good rev out up some more hills until it cleared and now it's been fine.
What does it mean if I have no smoke... or an exhaust D:
that you dont drive a proper car
No worries, horses don't typically have mufflers.
TheEpicTurban, it means that you are sitting on your couch.
It means unless you have a P something D tesla you have no car
+Daniel Bell Should've said camels.
When my engine is running cold, the crank will only turn while on handy and there is lots of white smoke coming from the chambers when it is locked out. This is when it comes up to temperature and it won't go backwards. It's a 1.9tdi VW
black smoke is more power in a diesel
No, it isn't. Black smoke, like was said in this video, is unburned fuel. Unburned fuel = wasted power.
On diesels
It doesn't matter if its diesel or not. Black means unburned fuel.
On diesels when u remap them to give them more power it forces them to overfuel
"Overfuel" means using more fuel than your engine can burn. Black smoke is not power, it is unused fuel.
Idk what it is but this guy has such a soothing voice
We get it, you vape
i saw two cars pouring out white smoke this morning. it was 70 degrees out so it was definitely NOT harmless steam. unfortunately, i couldn't catch them in the traffic and tell them to get it looked after. one less Isuzu and one less VW Passat on the road though, so it's not a complete loss
What about when flames come out of my exhaust? Wait....that's antilag.
Blue smoke in a diesel can also be unburnt fuel. Not always blow by.
My E46 just blew a head gasket today :(
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yep sure does
M so sorry to hear that, I hope it gets well soon.
1989 GMC Vandura 2500. Throttle body. White smoke/exhaust. Blowing smoke/exhaust rings as well. There's no coolant in the oil, and I'm not losing oil. Im losing coolant but not leaking onto the ground. Exhaust is a little rich in unburned fuel. I was told it may be a gummed up sensor or gummed up spark plugs (from not taking it on the highway). Im not mechanically inclined, so any info would be appreciated. Thank you!
Black smoke diesel
White smoke petrol
No smoke electric car
I love cold starts. Just hearing the engine trying to warm up, seeing the condensation fumes and listening to the sound is great :)
want to see a smokey cold start on a winter day from a vr6 passat? :) its on my channel
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My 1.4 TSI (VW) smokes very little black during cold start the first 3 seconds. What is this caused? It's on a 2006 VW Golf V. Only driven 68.000 km :(
Great video guys!
As Chris Williams already mentioned it is absolutely ok. In fact it is pretty much normal cold start behavior, specially in colder (< 5°C) conditions. The engine is really cold and to warm it up faster or just to hold the minimum revs (to not stall) is to rich up the fuel mixture - specially to start the engine itself. You may have a slightly higher rpm in the first 30s or so too. I have a Golf VI 1.4 TSI (next engine generation to yours) and my default RPM is about 700 and in cold conditions for the first few seconds often at about 1100 rpm.
For starting, modern engines will adjust the fuel mixture, like a choke did back in the days. Once it is running and starting to warm up, they go back to the normal, much more efficient mixtures and put out much less emissions.
Thanks for the answers guys. I do understand it now. The black smoke comes from a rich mixture the first 2-5 seconds. The engine drives very good and sounds healthy. I just always wondered due to the fact that my old car didn't do it. - But thanks!
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I came looking for video of blue smoke, as it's sometime hard to tell from white. However, it's the only one you didn't have video for.
Responsible motorists will ensure they take their emanations home with them by connecting the exhaust pipe to the passenger cabin. I think that would make things much better for everyone
My BMW has white smoke when I start it up, mostly from a cold start, but goes away after some time as I drive it/ as it warms up. I don't know for sure if it's steam or actual smoke, because it does smell, but that might be the actual exhaust fumes and steam mixing together. I did have a leak in my gasket, and was repaired.
everything is okay..
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i have 2 questions kindly i want a response
first of all exhaust condensation make a little white smoke ?
2nd question , can an exhaust condensation happens in a warm weather?
and thanks a lot ❤
I got an Volkswagen add on this video hahahahah
blue smoke means replace cylinders, dummy
white smoke from engine bay means replace headgasket, dummy
the white / black smoke from under the car means check if theres any exauhust pipe left
In Russia, the car smokes you.
great!! nothing destructive.. don't get me wrong, I enjoy all the videos.
You just managed to keep the delivery from sounding like a robot, well done
Great animation thanks. I have white smoke with motorcycle, likely head gasket.