White exhaust vapor after engine is warm
03-06-13, 08:49 PM
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White exhaust vapor after engine is warm
I have a 07 GS350 AWD with 62k miles that's emitting light white vapor from the exhaust pipe even after being driven at highway speeds for 10 miles. As a previous owner of a GS300 and GS400, this seems somewhat unusual. Granted the temperatures have been below 40 degrees consistently but my other GS's never did this once warmed up. Is this normal with the 350? Just waking sure its nothing internal to the engine. I bought the car recently and it has had the valve springs replaced previously. I'm hoping this is something normal. Does anyone have experience with this in colder climates?
03-07-13, 06:23 PM
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How much of it? When it's near freezing and depending on humidity it's pretty normal for water vapor to come out when the car is running and not just when warming up, well I would say so. If it's really thick, stinks and lots of it then yeah time to worry.
03-07-13, 07:11 PM
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I have a 07 GS350 AWD with 62k miles that's emitting light white vapor from the exhaust pipe even after being driven at highway speeds for 10 miles. As a previous owner of a GS300 and GS400, this seems somewhat unusual. Granted the temperatures have been below 40 degrees consistently but my other GS's never did this once warmed up. Is this normal with the 350? Just waking sure its nothing internal to the engine. I bought the car recently and it has had the valve springs replaced previously. I'm hoping this is something normal. Does anyone have experience with this in colder climates?
If your car doesn't lose oil/coolant, there is nothing to worry about.
03-08-13, 07:10 AM
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The vapor doesnt smell and isnt very thick. So far the coolant looks pretty good. The overflow bottle is at the full mark since the water pump was changed about 1k miles ago. Will keep a close eye on the oil and coolant in the future. Just hoping I dont have the dreaded piston ring problem. I'm still under powertain till December.
03-08-13, 06:36 PM
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The vapor doesnt smell and isnt very thick. So far the coolant looks pretty good. The overflow bottle is at the full mark since the water pump was changed about 1k miles ago. Will keep a close eye on the oil and coolant in the future. Just hoping I dont have the dreaded piston ring problem. I'm still under powertain till December.
You shouldn't since they extended your powertrain warranty to 100K miles for the valve springs recall.
Powertrain covers the water pump.
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