SL/R230: Smoke From Exhaust
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Smoke From Exhaust
This afternoon after driving to the office, I needed to run an errand and went out and started the 2005 SL600. Upon starting the car out the rear window I noticed a big puff of white smoke out of the exhausts that quickly disappeared, normal?
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It happened to me once a couple of months ago when my SL600 had approximately 600 miles on the clock. It hasn't happened since. When I took it in for its 1000 mile check up, the service liaison said it was normal. I didn't take a great deal of comfort from that, but the car has performed nearly without fault since I bought it.
I plan to raise the issue when I bring the car back in, because of my recent experience of the car nearly stalling I mashed the pedal as I merged onto the highway. I am waiting for the Motorola cell phone to come in so I can have all the work completed at once.
It happened to me once a couple of months ago when my SL600 had approximately 600 miles on the clock. It hasn't happened since. When I took it in for its 1000 mile check up, the service liaison said it was normal. I didn't take a great deal of comfort from that, but the car has performed nearly without fault since I bought it.
I plan to raise the issue when I bring the car back in, because of my recent experience of the car nearly stalling I mashed the pedal as I merged onto the highway. I am waiting for the Motorola cell phone to come in so I can have all the work completed at once.
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While I haven’t specifically seen a sudden big puff of white smoke, I’ve noticed my car does produce more white vapor (which I’ve assumed is steam) for a little while after engine start than other cars I’ve owned.
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Originally Posted by JackStraw
StephenK
It happened to me once a couple of months ago when my SL600 had approximately 600 miles on the clock. It hasn't happened since. When I took it in for its 1000 mile check up, the service liaison said it was normal. I didn't take a great deal of comfort from that, but the car has performed nearly without fault since I bought it.
I plan to raise the issue when I bring the car back in, because of my recent experience of the car nearly stalling I mashed the pedal as I merged onto the highway. I am waiting for the Motorola cell phone to come in so I can have all the work completed at once.
It happened to me once a couple of months ago when my SL600 had approximately 600 miles on the clock. It hasn't happened since. When I took it in for its 1000 mile check up, the service liaison said it was normal. I didn't take a great deal of comfort from that, but the car has performed nearly without fault since I bought it.
I plan to raise the issue when I bring the car back in, because of my recent experience of the car nearly stalling I mashed the pedal as I merged onto the highway. I am waiting for the Motorola cell phone to come in so I can have all the work completed at once.
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I am not up with the latest on cell phone technology, but the new phone is supposed to be the Motorola v600 or v710, I am not sure which. The old phone (which is available if you are in a rush) is the v60. Is it worth the wait? I have no idea, but I am waiting nonetheless. I received my car at the end of July and was told that the phone would arrive in August or September. Now it sounds more like December. Let's hope so.
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Originally Posted by sillydriver
While I haven’t specifically seen a sudden big puff of white smoke, I’ve noticed my car does produce more white vapor (which I’ve assumed is steam) for a little while after engine start than other cars I’ve owned.
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Could the white smoke be the result of some (normal??) oil leakage from the turbos that collects in the exhaust manifold while the engine is off? If the turbos are lubricated on a "total loss" mode - oil goes in, but never comes back - this would be a likely outcome. A little bit of oil makes a lot of smoke.
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That’s an interesting theory, although I normally think of black smoke with burning oil not white smoke. If it is burning oil it must be terrible for emissions performance.
