Have a Citroen ZX 1.4 which gives out white/grey smoke for the first five minutes after starting from cold. The smoke then clears.
Any ideas/things to look for?
(No sign of water in the oil/oil in the water and all levels remain constant so pretty sure it's not a problem with the head gasket.)
Citroen ZX Smoke
Moderator: RichardW
- fastandfurryous
- Posts: 1388
- Joined: 07 Jul 2004, 17:57
- Location: On the road, travelling at high speed. Meep Meep.
- My Cars:
- x 4
is it very light wispy smoke that is blown away almost instantly? if so, this is simply wet on the inside of the exhaust which is being heated up by the hot exhaust gas, and evaporating. Once it gets out of the end of the exhaust pipe, it condenses in the air, and looks like clouds coming out of the exhaust pipe. It only lasts 5 minutes as by then, the exhaust is dry. Quite common on many cars, especially at this time of year.