I'm not sure but it looks like there's too much smoke from exhaust?? mainly while I'm waiting at traffic lights ect, it's not constant but very noticeable , its not just wen ive started car it does when ive been driving it around too, I've put my hand over exhaust exit for a minute to see if it smells but I can't smell anything,

Anyone else had this happen or know what could be the cause?

Thanks

Mike

What colour is the smoke

White smoke- usually head gasket or worse

Blue smoke-valve seal, turbo seals, rings on the pistons (how do you call it?)

You can perform a valve seal test; let the engine idle 3-5min, push the throttle and if you see blue smoke coming from the back end then you valve seal are leaking oil into combustion chamber...

It's probably just condensation. Both my current and previous vRS's have done this in cold weather. Looks worrying though sometimes, there seems to be clouds coming out of the back.

It's not blue or dark smoke. Just white, nothing while I'm driving just when idle puffs smoke come out hope it's not head gasket, would that be dear? It's had all services ect before I got it, an yea I thought it was condensation to be fair but started to worry with there seeming to be more then normal, but I'm used to a deisal golf lol.

It's probably just condensation. Both my current and previous vRS's have done this in cold weather. Looks worrying though sometimes, there seems to be clouds coming out of the back.

+1, mine is exactly the same in colder weather.

+1 here too. Mine just looks broken as the missus kindly points out!

Mines doing it too, beendoing it every winter since I brought the car lol

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Lol. the wife's like that too. I go over 4k revs she moans like fk. /. but it's piece of mind knowing it happens on others cars though , ha bad luck with cars. Log book loans on em when I've bought em Ecm. Hopefully I'm onto a good one with this tho.

All yours petrol too?

Yeah, they didn't do a diesel MK1 vRS.

There's a world of difference between smoke and condensation. Latter is normal in cold weather, for quite a while with a petrol engine until warmed up. My old vrs smoked, but only noticeable with wide open throttle when a following cars headlights would reveal it. Pretty obvious where my oil consumption problem was.

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I started up a near identical thread a couple of months ago. Mine smoked when it had been sat idling. It smoked so badly, I sprinted across a car park to shut it off before it went bang. I took it to a garage. They checked everything. Eventually decided it had water in the exhaust. It still does it in cold weather. As soon as the weather warms up a little it is totally gone. Nothing to worry about.

I think it's most likely condensation.

If you want to eliminate HGF for sure, check for signs of oil in the coolant, coolant in the sump (not the cam box, but there may be mayonaise in there if the car's never getting warmed up properly) and loss or gain of coolant or oil. Also, is the car ever showing signs of overheating? If not then it's probably not HGF.

If you've got any of these bar mayo, you can get a garage to do a chemical test for exhaust gas in the coolant and if there is you've got HGF.

Cheers all for replies. I feel more relaxed now knowing its out there an not just me. . lol caddmatt made me chuckle that ,glad it was nothing tho .

+1 AND PETROL LOL