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Old 12-18-2009, 07:16 AM
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is this smoke normal?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os7-W4O8IoU

not my video, but this what my 8 does when it is started cold (below 30F)
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i hope its normal cuz the same happens to me
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looks like condensation. happens to me, too. my fd used to do it, too
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Thats not smoke. thats what happens when warm air meets cold air.

go outside and exhale. same thing.
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Lol... mine looked like that this morning.. but scale it by 10 times greater. You couldn't even see my car if you were standing behind it. It took a couple seconds, then it died down to normal though
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Originally Posted by shallowater
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os7-W4O8IoU

not my video, but this what my 8 does when it is started cold (below 30F)
Yup it looks normal to me. When I went to buy my 8 last year it hadn't been started for a few days and it was about 45-55 degrees. I saw lost of moisture coming out and a bit of blue from the oil. Then it cleared up. As long as it isn't thick white/blue/black smoke then its all good .
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Originally Posted by zoned
Thats not smoke. thats what happens when warm air meets cold air.

go outside and exhale. same thing.
i was inclined to think that it is normal as well. the only thing that concerned me a bit is that the white "smoke" from 8 at cold start up is much more noticeable compared to other cars.

this morning was 11F and when I started the car, the white "smoke" poured out of 8 like the f**king 2012 flood
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well, not just warm air but warm wet air. there must be something about the 8 that keeps moisture in the pipes? hotter exhaust temps maybe have something to do with it?
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Absolutely normal. All cars will do it upon cold start on a cold day, rotaries are just more noticeable. You should see it with a HKS Hi-Power.
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Water (condensation) collects in the cat converter and muffler.
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One of the many things that people don't understand about Rotaries is that we have a DRAGON inside of our engines. Yours is just more pissed because it likes warm temperatures.
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yes its normal
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Normal, more noticeable at cold temp
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Originally Posted by CyberPitz
One of the many things that people don't understand about Rotaries is that we have a DRAGON inside of our engines. Yours is just more pissed because it likes warm temperatures.
lol ... yeah man i live in seattle and last weeks we were around 19 degrees icy and the smoke was just like that ... no worries
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mine did that, but filled the whole street but that was because I ended up with some water in my tank.
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Originally Posted by CyberPitz
One of the many things that people don't understand about Rotaries is that we have a DRAGON inside of our engines. Yours is just more pissed because it likes warm temperatures.
Lmfao! Godzilla must have been in my car this morning, cause my car looked like a factory.
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