Hey guys just wanted to know what you all thought before I freak out. I went out driving the s2000 after it had been sitting for two weeks in the snow. It is fairly warm today 60's and well after I got back home after a hour drive or so I noticed a some white smoke. It is very light and immediately disappears. I thought it would of been condensation but on a warm day? The car drove fine, no smoke on boost or any weird feeling either. I have not checked the oil cap yet but hopefully it is not the headgasket. (well secretly I do hope it is so I can add a 3mm hg ) Thanks for your input everyone.

 

just because the outside air was warm the exhaust pipe in the shade underneath the car still may have been quite cold, Id chalk it up to condensation........

 

thanks joey, I think thats what it is. I checked the oil cap and its clean as a whistle.

 

I had the same scare a few weeks ago, as far as a blown turbo seal apparantly its a TON OF SMOKE INSTANTANEOUSLY after start-up

 

ya this was a little smoke after driving. I turned it back on after checking the oil cap and no smoke lol. there goes my justification to the wifey for a 3mm

 

hey guys an update, I am still baffled on this. Well I let my friend drive my car while I was following him and when the car goes into boost and he lets off the gas, I could see a quick puff of white smoke come out of the exhaust but very faint. Again this was after driving the car around for a half hour. The temps got a little high to around 199 however when it is warm outside it usually is around this area anyhow. Other than the little white smoke the car runs strong and normal.
Do you think just because it was sitting in some snowy weather for 4 weeks, and I am just driving it now for the past 2 days it is still burning some water. Any help is great, thanks guys

 

Turbo seals.

 

hmm, even if driven for only 5k miles and nonagressively

 

it does happen from time to time... there are probably other things that can cause the puff of white smoke when you let off, but I've never seen it happen from anything other than turbo seals.

The shift in thrust in the turbo when you let off the gas is enough to move the shaft longitudinally and allow a little oil to get pushed out into the turbine housing and then burn when the seals are starting to go...

 

is it something to be worried about now, or something I can keep an eye out to see if it gets any worse. At idle it doesn't seem to smoke, at least not at start up just after driven for a bit and that is if I look hard to see it.