97, RAV4, 119+, Puff of white smoke every time car is started, not at any other time car is moving or at a stop light. what should I check? :cry:
May 19, 2006 at 7:18 PM
smokes when starts
TOYOTA RAV4
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LOSONE
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White smoke indicates you have coolant in your combustion chamber.
I want you to have someone start the car when you have the white smoke problem. Put a piece of white paper over the exhaut.
Start the car. Have the paper there for a few seconds or until the smoke stops.
Look at the paper and then smell it. If it is coolant it will have a sweet coolant smell.
If you are in cold climate and the dew point is high, you will get a wisp of white smoke but it is a rare thing.
Let me know
I want you to have someone start the car when you have the white smoke problem. Put a piece of white paper over the exhaut.
Start the car. Have the paper there for a few seconds or until the smoke stops.
Look at the paper and then smell it. If it is coolant it will have a sweet coolant smell.
If you are in cold climate and the dew point is high, you will get a wisp of white smoke but it is a rare thing.
Let me know
May 20, 2006 at 8:44 AM
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