exhaust smoke and more!

[Barola]

At this time of the year, mine looks like a steam locomotive, and it still steams after warm up! but only when it's too cold outside, on warm weather there woulnt be steam... Dose it smell?

I agree. It does not have a strong smell. More like condensation mixed with some sort of "rotten" flavor . But weather here was hot in last few days in traffic I still got the smoke. Coolant level is ok will check the oil regularly. Just own the car for 400km.

[streettweeks]

I agree. It does not have a strong smell. More like condensation mixed with some sort of "rotten" flavor . But weather here was hot in last few days in traffic I still got the smoke. Coolant level is ok will check the oil regularly. Just own the car for 400km.

Mine has that "rotten" flavour too, i think its burning carbon.

[Czar]

Mine has that "rotten" flavour too, i think its burning carbon.

A few common symptoms known for the distinct smell of Sulphur (rotten eggs) emitting from the exhaust pipe are:

A high content of Sulphur in the fuel blend itself.

An over rich fuel mixture, commonly detected at engine warm up period.

Excessive amounts of engine idling, city congestion etc.

Aggressive short bursts of full throttle conditions.

A blocked catalytic converter, caused from any one or a combination of the above.

Lambda sensor failure.

Overly hot engine temperature.

A catalytic converter needs heat and lots of it, to perform efficiently, if your daily commutes are regular prolonged amounts of slow moving traffic, then your catalytic converter is not getting the necessary heat it requires, vehicles which see regular prolonged journeys at constant motorway speeds, generates the heat necessary for the catalytic converter to burn itself clean and clear of carbon soot, which blocks up the NOX filter.