Wire Exhaust When Decelerating

[Roundeie]

While driving home today I noticed white exhaust upon braking or lifting off the accelerator. Not every time but it is noticeable.

Thoughts??

[roadhog0]

Bad HG?

[Roundeie]

Is that a typical symptom? Any other checks I should make?

[M2M3M3]

smoke on decel is common symptom of worn valve guides.

[OriginalOwner]

 steam, as in a tiny hole in the head gasket ??  Keep an eye on coolant level .....

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

[Stevenc22]

Check your brake fluid level. Brake booster could be sucking fluid and burning fluid.

[Roundeie]

smoke on decel is common symptom of worn valve guides.

What would indicate time to rebuild head? Just wondering how long I have before it's a must.

[eurotrash]

You can go a while..  pretty much until your cruising buddies insist you're in back of the line.

[dbmw2002]

smoke on decel is common symptom of worn valve guides.

 

White smoke? sounds like hydro burn

[Roundeie]

Thanks all

[M2M3M3]

You can go a while..  pretty much until your cruising buddies insist you're in back of the line.

a correct and eloquent evaluation of the time it has left!

[allbim]

White smoke = coolant,  blue smoke = oil.

[Ravensix]

Mine did that too, I ended up having a bad valve guide, bad booster, and a bad brake master cylinder. Hard to say which one was a leading contributor

[Roundeie]

Sounds like project creep is coming...

[Rocan]

You can go a while..  pretty much until your cruising buddies insist you're in back of the line.

 

 

As someone who has been on the losing end of that statement... I am laughing my head off. 

 

At that point, however, the car was in such a terrible state of disrepair that I would have just slowed people down anyway

 

 

 

Scope creep is good... Embrace it