Exhaust tip smokes after car is turned off?

[StarFox07]

My right exhuast tip smokes for about 30 seconds after I turn the car off, and it smells like exhuast, why does it do that? Never seen another car do it.

 

[Darkwriter77]

Mine does that sometimes if it's cold out. I think it's just condensation/steam. Unless you're running a brand-spankin' new exhaust, and if the smoke is coming from the surface of the pipe, in which case it's probably just that WD-40 type of oil they sometimes put on exhaust parts before shipping to help prevent corrosion while it's sitting in the warehouse or going through the mail. (My whole exhaust was smoking like mad for a couple of hours after I first bolted it all up.)

It's nothing to really be worried about, unless you smell antifreeze in there (which would probably indicate a leaky head gasket).

 

[greg251]

If it is fuel injected you may have a leaking injector that drips into the motor when the car is off. That will make it smoke because of the heat of the motor.

 

[Roland69]

it's just exhaust that is still in the system and the motor isn't running to blow it out....every car probly will do this. My car does it my truck does it and every car I work on at worlk will do this..

 

[Sicarius428]

Probably nothing. For every gallon of gas you burn, you get about a quart of water. Probably just condensation.
Kevin

 

[86bluecobra]

my truck does this also. I don't think you should be 2 worried about it.

 

[MikeC]

Just condensation. No worries.

 

[StarFox07]

Just making sure, seemed a bit odd to me.