Steam or smoke from tailpipe after the car is turned off

mdriver2 · 02-20-2017, 11:33 AM

It has been raining a lot in socal and rather cold, and this morning I noticed after I parked that there was light smoke or exhaust still coming from one of the two tailpipes for a good minute after the car was turned off. It almost looked like the car was still running. I'll keep an eye on it but never noticed it before.

Ickdeep · 02-20-2017, 11:59 AM

Oh when California finally get some rain. Take it from someone from the raining state, this is perfectly normal. It even still freaks me out (I run back to my car to make sure I turned it off).

ezaircon4jc · 02-20-2017, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mdriver2

It has been raining a lot in socal and rather cold, and this morning I noticed after I parked that there was light smoke or exhaust still coming from one of the two tailpipes for a good minute after the car was turned off. It almost looked like the car was still running. I'll keep an eye on it but never noticed it before.

Probably the water burning off the hot exhaust.

"Rather cold"... For us that's lower 50's!!

HighlandPete · 02-21-2017, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Ickdeep

Oh when California finally get some rain. Take it from someone from the raining state, this is perfectly normal. It even still freaks me out (I run back to my car to make sure I turned it off).

Same here, totally normal. See it many days in my Scottish Highland climate.

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