excessive condensation/smoke in cold
Moderator: martauto
as the title says, the cars a 325, the engine seems to be starting/idleing ok but is producing way more steam/smoke than most cars on the road in the cold, there doesnt seem to be a drop in water level, my first thoughts were that HG was failing and leaking water into cylinder.. theres quite a strong smell of petrol too, any ideas.
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murran
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mine 320 seems to be doin the same, v steamy exhaust. not so much petrol smell more co exhaust sort of smell. but my center box is blowing..... needs more weld on it!! 
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Templ8e30
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The M20 is known to produce quite a bit of 'steam' in cold weather, all my M20's have.
As long as you're not losing water and all the spark plugs have a uniform colour then don't worry about it.
My 2.7 is smelling of fuel in the cold snap, probably just down to the fact that as the engine is colder it's adding more cold enrichment (choke).
Cheers,
Iain T
As long as you're not losing water and all the spark plugs have a uniform colour then don't worry about it.
My 2.7 is smelling of fuel in the cold snap, probably just down to the fact that as the engine is colder it's adding more cold enrichment (choke).
Cheers,
Iain T
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all e30's i owned have done this, its common and not a problem 
my 320 used to fog up my road in the cold mornings if i left it running for more than 10 mins warming up, at the lakeside meets on cold nights there would be a mist around mc donalds when we all started our cars to warm them up for the drive home
my 320 used to fog up my road in the cold mornings if i left it running for more than 10 mins warming up, at the lakeside meets on cold nights there would be a mist around mc donalds when we all started our cars to warm them up for the drive home will be back in an E30 oneday soon !
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smithy318i
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Common across the whole range of engines.
My M40 belches lots of steam in the cold weather and so did my M10.
My M40 belches lots of steam in the cold weather and so did my M10.
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good to know as mine does the same lol. its like a smoke screen some mornings for the ones behind lol
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Try an LPG powered one!slinky2000 wrote: its like a smoke screen some mornings for the ones behind lol
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Oh good, mines exactly the same i find myself comparing my exhaust emmisions with everyone elses every day and worrying! (oo err 
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daveyboy20 wrote:Oh good, mines exactly the same i find myself comparing my exhaust emmisions with everyone elses every day and worrying! (oo err
lol me too. Glad i'm not alone