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Old 10-04-2009, 10:07 PM
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Question Help....smoking exhaust

Heres the deal. I have an 1983 Camaro that I dropped an 1988 350 in. The car sat for about 6 months. Before I parked it the car ran no problems. Now tha car still runs fine, however it smokes really bad. The smoke is white in color and once in a while little drops of water come out of the exhaust. This can't be good. Any ideas? It didn't do this before.
 
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Old 10-05-2009, 12:14 AM
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Before assuming the worst (possible blown head gasket, etc.), have you taken the car out for a good drive? From sitting a while, and depending on the humidity level where you live, you might have a lot of moisture built up in the exhaust and it just needs to be cooked out.
 
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Old 10-05-2009, 04:57 AM
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I'll do that today. Because I just drove it the one time for like 3mi. Other than that I've just been letting it idle. I'll try that today and get back with you.
 
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