white smoke and lots of it

[Arctic_182]

I know its very cold at the moment but ive noticed that my 182 is billowing white smoke on full throtle its fine during normal driving but whe i floor it it leaves a trail about 4 or 5 car lengths behind me even after a 30 mile run its not using water & runs fine is this normal std car by the way

 

[henders]

does it do it if you boot it when the cars stationary??

 

[Christopher]

Condensation in the exhaust. If it's not returning any gunk to the expansion tank, just take it on a hard drive for an hour or so. That'll cure it.

 

[Arctic_182]

Its mainly when I floor it from standing start or moving, no gunk anywhere I do only do short trips to work about a mile or so but I did around a 60 mile round trip yesterday & nearer to home I opened it up a few times & it was still as bad It's still got the std exhaust & from what I've read they hold a lot of water in the backboxes or would it be the same with an aftermarket exhaust?

When driving normal there isn't any when warmed up

 

[Christopher]

Give it some stick. It'll 100% solve it.

 

[fUbAr]

Mine did it, lots. Its exactly as CarbonCopy said.

Italian Tune-up is needed.

 

[Christopher]

The name from long ago.

Just check that it's not returning any guff to the expansion tank first.

 

[Arctic_182]

The name from long ago.

Just check that it's not returning any guff to the expansion tank first.

is this when the car is cold? if so i have checked this morning & theres no gunk at all

 

[Christopher]

Cold or warm.

If the tank's clear, go for a blast. And don't pussy foot about. I'm talking limiter-kissing.

 

[Arctic_182]

No there's nowt in the tank from what I can see

 

[Arctic_182]

is it right about the backboxes they are common to holding water this weather?

 

[Fastchip]

white smoke and lots of it

new pope?

 

[Arctic_182]

new pope?

?

 

[faz311090]

is it right about the backboxes they are common to holding water this weather?

yeah it collects up and is also part of the reason the backboxes rot

 

[Greeny.]

?

I assume he means pipe mate, wasn't that hard to guess, lets be honest, its unlikely you have a new pope.

 

[D4N13L]

When white smoke blows from the top of the vatican it means a new pope has been elected.

You numbskulls

 

[Greeny.]

LOL

 

[Arctic_182]

still no different its embarrassing to give it any stick as i said its running spot on apart from the temp needle fluctuates slightly but i think it needs the stat replacing

 

[aucky]

Are u sure its not just that there is hot water vapour coming out into (what is recently) a cold environment.
Did you own the car in summer?

 

[Arctic_182]

It must be that but I've never had a car do it so much like this. I got the car in august

 

[Silent_Scone]

wait until it breaks, which it won't

Its just the way the exhausts are

 

[Arctic_182]

That's what I wanted to here. Is this the same with aftermarket exhausts? When you say it won't break are they a strong lump?

 

[Silent_Scone]

Have a read fella. The engines themselves take a hammering, it's everything else that breaks


Just do a search for common faults.. they're surprisingly reliable. Mines let me down once (majorly) in 2 years with a failed water pump.

 

[Arctic_182]

Ok cheers

 

[LIL B]

could be antifreeze.

 

[Arctic_182]

Its not using water

 

[realnumber 1]

Get some one to drive behind you to smell it to see if its anything bad.

 

[Arctic_182]

it must be the sh*te standard exhaust design i'm wondering if it does it with an aftermarket system?

 

[Leeshez]

Mine used to do this. When i was on the motorway giving it some my rear window would get wet. As said it could be loads of water in the exhaust.

 

[Will.]

LOL at some people not getting the "new pope" joke.

 

[Arctic_182]

Mine used to do this. When i was on the motorway giving it some my rear window would get wet. As said it could be loads of water in the exhaust.

Std exhaust?

 

[Leeshez]

Std exhaust?

Yes. It is standard.

 

[ben_init]

take for a complete and utter bounce, mine stood for a year, first thing i did within a few days of getting it back was take it for a long long drive

n that pope joke haha people fail these days