civichatch92

just to thank in advance, its sweet when i need help and there is someone that helps me out! greatly appriciated!
I live in canada and its starting to get cold, now i was just wondering when i look in my rear view mirror i can see that whatever comes from my exhaust u can see really well and on other cars its not as bad? its it my intake or what makes it so smokey? like there is nothing wrong with my car its just that! thanks for your time

cosmic zx2

funny enough we're all from canada.... Toronto to be specific


anyways... you neglected to mention if this happens all the time (ex: after your car has warmed up is this still happening?) and wether this was happening to you during the summer (the white smoke)

is the smoke thick? if it is it could be a blown head gasket or a damaged cylinder head, or a cracked engine block

if not, then it's prolly just normal condensation buildup inside your exhaust system (nothing to worry about)

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

If it's white and doens't smell, it's prob steam in the exhaust, but if it's blue then you are burning oil, if it's black you car runs rich.

civichatch92

ya it is more just white doesn't smell.. not buring oil... and its not blue... i thought it might not be good cuz i see everyones car do it , it just seems as if mine is a little more. and one more question? what would an air intake do? more horsepower and better on gas? thanks again

SiR-Racer

a little more horsepower, and slightly better fuel economy (in theory). in reality, you will see worse gas mileage because you'll like the sound of the intake so much you'll be stepping on the gas a lot more!

cibs

hahah it's so true!

but as for the exhaust it happens with all cars esp when you're warming up, once it's warmed up you get a lot less 'white smoke'

Spazz

so that's why my gas consumtion went up this year.... it's that damn sound that i am addicted too.

The G2 Racer

That's why I have no gas and so many speeding tickets