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Old 04-10-24, 06:35 AM
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My 2012 250 recently noticed it’s always smoking through the exhaust. At first I thought it’s just in cold weather which was usually normal but now weather is getting warmer and it’s still smoking constantly. It’s not like a thick smoke it’s just like steam smoke and doesn’t smell or anything. Just wondering why it could be constantly smoking
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My 2012 250 recently noticed it’s always smoking through the exhaust. At first I thought it’s just in cold weather which was usually normal but now weather is getting warmer and it’s still smoking constantly. It’s not like a thick smoke it’s just like steam smoke and doesn’t smell or anything. Just wondering why it could be constantly smoking

Ambient temps are a factor but humidity also plays into that. The dryer it is, the less this happen. Although it is an ICE engine, it's also an air compressor taking air in, compressing, condensing, heating, and spitting the air back out. The same reason jets leave trails.

That said you may also want to check coolant level when its cold of reservoir and engine block.
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