Topic: vapour from exhaust even when hot (Read 857 times)

Dinger · « **on:** 09 March 2011, 20:47:45 »

My meg suffers from small amounts of vapour emitting from exhaust. Only noticeable when idling at a standstill. I don't believe it is a head gasket issue as there is no significant water loss to speak of. Could just be the cold weather and the fact I only do a lot of comparatively short journeys. Any thoughts?

TheBoy · « **Reply #1 on:** 09 March 2011, 20:48:46 »

Water is a by product of combustion.

This is normal, very noticible in cold temps

kcl · « **Reply #2 on:** 10 March 2011, 06:29:53 »

And the V6 exhaust does have quite big surface which cools down the exhaust gases so the exhaust will be quite cold when coming out of back box, hence it looks like steam locomotive even when warm

Cliffo B · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 March 2011, 08:09:51 »

I always think it's a by product of efficient carburation!!

dad1uk · « **Reply #4 on:** 10 March 2011, 08:30:22 »

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I always think it's a by product of efficient carburation!!

Marks DTM Calib · « **Reply #5 on:** 10 March 2011, 09:51:29 »

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I always think it's a by product of efficient carburation!!

No, effective combustion

Abiton · « **Reply #6 on:** 10 March 2011, 10:06:52 »

Also, not so much a by-product as a main product, along with carbon dioxide.

Cliffo B · « **Reply #7 on:** 10 March 2011, 10:42:54 »

Thanks Marks 8-)more aptly put

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