Water Droplets And Smoke

[T.D]

Hey, I just have a concern with my S2 R33 GTS-t which I thought was normal at first but is now making me worried.

Whenever I start my car, I notice after a minute or two that water droplets form inside the exhaust. After around 30secs or so, there is white smoke/steam which is emitted from the exhaust, which I presume is the water droplets evaporating.

I know it's definitely water forming in there as when I run my finger around inside the tip, I can see it's clearly water.

This isn't limited to just cold morning start ups, but anytime during the day whenever I start the car.

I recently had a new Hypergear ATR43G3 fitted and is almost fully tuned (tuner ran out of time) but if it's any help, after the turbo was fitted the car was overheating but the system got bled so it runs ok now. They did use a fair bit of tap water though as they ended up spraying my coolant everywhere so I'll be getting a full cooling system flush soon.

Any ideas or am I being paranoid?

Cheers.

[EXEMPT]

Hey, I just have a concern with my S2 R33 GTS-t which I thought was normal at first but is now making me worried.

Whenever I start my car, I notice after a minute or two that water droplets form inside the exhaust. After around 30secs or so, there is white smoke/steam which is emitted from the exhaust, which I presume is the water droplets evaporating.

I know it's definitely water forming in there as when I run my finger around inside the tip, I can see it's clearly water.

This isn't limited to just cold morning start ups, but anytime during the day whenever I start the car.

I recently had a new Hypergear ATR43G3 fitted and is almost fully tuned (tuner ran out of time) but if it's any help, after the turbo was fitted the car was overheating but the system got bled so it runs ok now. They did use a fair bit of tap water though as they ended up spraying my coolant everywhere so I'll be getting a full cooling system flush soon.

Any ideas or am I being paranoid?

Cheers.

A by-product of fuel combustion is water dude. Unless its spitting coloured droplets, your being paranoid.

Everyone's car does it - just some more noticeable than others due to exhaust temps.

Rest easy

James

[T.D]

Hey mate, thanks for the reply.

The water droplets only appeared in large quantities after I installed the new turbo and the droplets/steam appear whenever the car is started

Nah, it's clear so definelty water.

At first I thought it was a blown head gasket (if it is, then FML!!!), but under the radiator cap and under the oil filler cap I can't see any cross contamination or any milky substance so what could it be that's causing the all-the-sudden condensation?

Could it be the water lines to the turbo wernt done propery and it's going out the exhaust or something?

Edited April 14, 2011 by turbodragon

[gotRICE?]

I think your problem is your looking to deep into things.

You installed a new turbo, and now your noticing all these different things.

It is completely normal for the water droplets to show up. The reason you notice it at startup is because the exhaust isnt hot enough yet.

Take a look around when your driving. You will now probly notice cars shooting water out the exhaust when they take off up a hill. It happens occasionally.

I know when i installed my new ECU and tuned it, i was paying so much attention to how the car felt, id decided that it was no better if not worse, than the stock ECU. Clearly it wasnt

[Thelen]

I'd say the new turbo is absorbing more of the heat, hence the water vapor (always there) is able to form on the exhaust. Nothing to worry about blown gasket will be nasty smoke not clear water

[T.D]

Thanks for the advice fellas.

I'm hoping it really is just some condensation and nothing major

Cheers,

[defari]

i got the same.. s2 r33.. i get a few little droplets of water in the exhaust on a cold start..

[Mayuri Krab]

Same here, sometimes water droplet forms on the exhaust on a cold day & when the car is running if I put my hand near the exhaust I can feel water vapor.

Same as the OP, that scared the shit out of me & being the pessimistic person I am, I immediately thought about a head gasket failure (or warped head) & started to look at the usual head gasket symptoms but couldn't found anything (other than my head telling me that my car 'seems' to be running crappier than usual) until one day I was driving my dad's Corolla & found that if I put my hand near its pea shooter sized exhaust I can feel also water vapor from the exhaust gas too...

:closed eyes:

[xALmoN]

lol guys, these aren't GM engines, chill out mang.

[Mayuri Krab]

lol guys, these aren't GM engines, chill out mang.

GM (Holdens) have common head gasket issues?

[T.D]

Hahaha well I'm glad has similar experiences and I'm just freaking out over nothing

But what would you quantify as "few water droplets"?

Reason being my whole exhaust diameter has droplets (i.e there's droplets all the way around on the inside walls)

[Trozzle]

unless I've been giving it a gutfull, the whole inside of my 4" muffler tip will be covered in water droplets most of the time.

[SargeRX8]

Pretty much as above. You see cars often doing a piss in the mornings. It's fine man. As

for bleeding the cooling system this is something I need to look I to with m new turbo install.