smokin'!!!

[tommo320i]

Guy's my 320 seems throw huge amounts of condensation outof the exhaust when cold, I've seen other e30s with similar grief (maily sat behind them in traffic)

My mechanic says nothing to worry aboutbut surely this can't be right.

Does anyone know of a solution?>

[Simon13]

mine does they all do so why worry? infact all 3 of my E30's have done it

[billgatese30]

mine does it too, don't worry about it

[johnono]

same here, nothing to worry about -
it should go after a while though

[Richy325iTouring]

Not noticed mine do it yet

[johno]

mine does it also, turns out my head gasket was on its way out just keep an eye on your water and oil levels as mine started to use a bit have had it sorted now ,needed a bit off welding also to sort the problem out.

[mrLEE30]

I have heard it is a trait of german cars with bosch or JE feul injection. you will also notice the older mercs do it. keep an eye on water and dont worry bout it!

mr lee

[Toby_Unna]

tommo, if it's using coolant then you need to investigate, but if the coolant level isn't going down at all then forget about it!

[E30Adam]

You'll find all 6 cylinder E30's are quite steamy until they are up to full operating temp.

It's really nothing to concern yourself with unless it's excessive which would mean you have coolant leaking into the cylinders.

[gareth]

my touring has an upswept scorpion dtm style exhaust and it steams the outside of the rear window up at speed when cold!

nothing to worry about

[tommo320i]

Ok, I've had it checked out, its doing it when up to operating temp too but its not using coolant to any degree and only does it at standstill, a bit of throttle and it seems to die off. Garage have checked and aasured me its not the head gasket, any other ideas?

Ta

[hammoj28]

Mine does it more at standstil but once your driving it goes away and is clean as anything.Not using anything either.Seen a lot of mercs do it and some new bms aswell.

[Dom]

do you have a stainless exhaust?

[hammoj28]

Yeah full powerflow dtm jobbie.Why??

[tommo320i]

Just been to a specialist, he recommended puttin a tiny 2mm hole in the exhaust where the water collects, apparently because of the fact the suck in so much when the engine is turned of and it collects and thats what causes it... he reckons this prolong the life of my box and stop it rusting through too!!!

[TouringMatt]

Ok, I've had it checked out, its doing it when up to operating temp too but its not using coolant to any degree and only does it at standstill, a bit of throttle and it seems to die off

I get exactly the same on my 325i

Matt

[E30Adam]

Just been to a specialist, he recommended puttin a tiny 2mm hole in the exhaust where the water collects, apparently because of the fact the suck in so much when the engine is turned of and it collects and thats what causes it... he reckons this prolong the life of my box and stop it rusting through too!!!

Well I certainly wouldn't go putting holes in your exhaust especially if you want it to pass any future MOT's.

As everyone says, it's normal, you won't stop it from doing it, there's nothing wrong. Nothing to worry about.

[Zerotonine]

My 316i chucks a load out too when cold and I aint worried

[tommo320i]

the trouble is its doing at operating temp too, particularly when sat in traffic. Maybe a pressue test on the head will ease my worry!!! DOH!