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As i was driving into work today i noticed that there was alot of white smoke blowing out the back of my exhaust while i was sitting in 3rd gear @ 3k or so rpm ... if i give it a little squirt on the gas it goes away and doesnt come back. It seems to only happen when its sorta cruising around the 3k or so rpm. I get the normal black smoke when it comes on full boost but this is fairly white smoke coming out. Engine has almost done 5k on the clock since rebuild but iam running 20p of boost.

I dont feel any lose of power, still responsive as normal, there was no increase from the knock sensor, i have noticed a big increase in petrol consumption yesterday when i got about 170k from 3/4 tank driving around town running errends all day but i put that down to constent stop starts and idles in crap traffic.

Apart from those i cant seem to think of what the cause might be..

any help and info much appreciated

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White "smoke" is likely oil burning. But steam is water. So if you've got excessive amounts of either coming out the pipe you need to find what and where it's leaking. Get your head in the engine bay and start checking for obvious leaks. Check water and Oil levels and continue to monitor them.

Go from there and good luck.

update...

finally got her home 2 discover my car is leaking coolant all over the floor.... it seems to be just coolent... theres no oil mixed in the coolant, theres no water in the block as i checked the dipstick ... possibly my water pump is either cracked or the seals are leaking...

Ive checked the radiator..theres alot of residual greasey oil mixed with it, my radiator may possibly need a food flush.

can any1 confirm if this may be the problem... the water pump? ... or does it sound more detrimental?

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