All smoke matters!!!!!
All smoke matters!!!!!
Steam doesn't look like smoke (at least not to me), and it's not usually a one-time thing either.
YMMV.
If coolant is seeping into the combustion chamber it's going to be a white/steam looking smoke IIRC. If that's the case it usually shows itself on engine startup rather than being continuous or in the middle of driving. That also usually happens after the car has been sitting for a bit. I might have started to see a tiny puff in this style which has been putting me on engine-watch LOLSteam doesn't look like smoke (at least not to me), and it's not usually a one-time thing either.
YMMV.
I will 2nd the suggestion of a little quality highway time. Cars that have only been driven city seem to get buildup and a little time at 75 or so can really clean them out.
Again, it looks different from smoke to me. But I worked on a lotta vehicles for a living.
The volume mentioned by the OP also speaks volumes...
Dad taught me at a young age how bad city driving is on a car. He used to say get it on the highway and "blow cobwebs out". Also change the oil and filter.
Nah…..let it go and call the insurance company.
That might depend on how much you like the vehicle...
It is driven daily, but by a timid female who never floors it or gets on the hwy.
Looked white in the rear view, but I think it was definitely carbon/oil based smoke.
Very true. Trans fluid smoke is much whiter than motor oil, which has more of a blue tint.
Never heard of trans fluid burning in the motor?
Car still fine so I guess it was cobwebs, but it did have a recall for piston slap that never got bad enough learned about it...we had already put 40k on the car before I learned of that recall and were a few hundred miles shy of the cutoff so I opted not to mess with it since the car ran fine. It did have a little noise when cold started, but nothing like some of the videos I saw of people who had to replace their motors under that recall.
Yeah, that might indicate a problem.
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