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Over the last few weeks i've noticed smoke from my exhaust mainly when i'm pulled up (at traffic lights etc) in drive with my foot on the brake, it also happens in nuetral etc. Mechanic thinks its my valve stem seals. Recently i opened the bonnet straight after driving and noticed smoke coming from the engine bay, it seemed to be coming up from below around where the coolant tap is. It smokes everytime i drive it now. My car is 1995 automatic non-mivec V6. Any ideas what it could be? I wouldve thought if it was the valve stem seals that you wouldnt have smoke coming out of engine bay or that the smoke would go away after warmed up?? Any help is appreciated.

is your car overheating? is it definately smoke? or steam? from engine bay

Car isnt overheating at all. Temp guage doesnt go past half way. It definately smells like smoke. I'm guessing oils leaking onto something hot as it doesnt smoke until its been driven

Might be rocker cover leaking onto down pipes causing the engine smoke but what would I know lol

Is there anything that can cause smoke from engine bay and exhaust?

Can you get some pics up of the area? Sounds like cam seals...

bobby_g wrote:Is there anything that can cause smoke from engine bay and exhaust?

Oil + Heat = Burning oil = Smoke

Its too dark to get photos at the moment. It seems to be coming up from somewhere below where you fill up the coolant....and i meant is there anything that can cause both smoke in engine bay and from exhaust...or have i just got unlucky and have two problems?

Crack in the coolant reservoir/hose(s)?

Have your coolant levels been dropping? Although that wouldnt really explain it coming from the exhaust. Worth a look, know a bloke with a Ghia that had the same issue with steam coming from a cracked coolant reservoir.

Nah i'm not losing any coolant, its definately smoke and not steam

Oil leak onto the exhaust manifold will do it. Also, if one of your driveshaft boots has split and spat grease onto the exhaust manifold, that will cause a burning smell + smoke.

Ahk, if its not coolant, then yeah as said, sounds like an oil leakage.

Just rev the sh*t out of it!

It'll clear out

silverGPX wrote:Just rev the sh*t out of it!

It'll clear out

We dont need a repeat of the bonfire

Daniel2019 wrote:

silverGPX wrote:Just rev the sh*t out of it!

It'll clear out

We dont need a repeat of the bonfire

F**ken MIVEC Controller

What does the smoke smell like?

bongs.

Lol

I reckon a smaller coolant hose leading to your throttle body. Smoke while idling is steam from the cold weather.