MTBSully

Is my 1995 Firebird formula smoking too much? Its not blue so its not oil, but its not a billowing white either so im 99% sure its not coolant. But there is a lot and it kind of lingers. It is cold and wet(35 degrees or so) Is this normal or what? Any ideas? Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feWXbJKpdGQ

ssbowtie1

Do you have cats?

MTBSully

yes it has stock headers and cat, just a flowmaster catback.

2000GTP

It doesn't look out of line to me.

Pontiac_97

its called exhaust. your engine does sound weird though. get a daytime video of it since its hard to see.

ssbowtie1

FWIW my car does that too, but I have Lt's and no cats.

ulakovic22

Is it always there or just on cold start up? Looked like it was wet outside, probably just condensation in the exhaust.

Penz

Both of my lt1s smoked like that when it was cool outside. It is perfectly normal.

MTBSully

okay i'll try and get a video in the daytime tommorow. Thanks guys

MTBSully

heres a video from today. It was about 30 degrees out and this was taken about 3-4min after startup. Now that i think of it it does look pretty normal but i just wanted to make sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GubWchmgz1A

ricehammer

A byproduct of good combustion is water (steam), which is what you are seeing. Looks normal to me.