Recently got my first S, and I just noticed it smokes more than most of my other cars. Its not like a black, or thick white smoke, but like a white-grey. I'm probably just overreacting, but its seems like a lot more than the average car. Its a 2001 and its gets about 23 mpg right now. 118k miles, but clean everywhere. Fresh oil, fresh trans flush, fresh diff flush. Its is starting to get cold outside, but I dont think thats it.
Thanks,
Greg

 

its normal but are you running stock cat or a tp?
any mods?

and you may wana replace your o2 sensor, it does tons to help your car run better. you can get them for like 20 bucks and its worth it.

 

Blown head gasket?

Guessing haha. Not to steal the thread but wouldn't a blown head gasket kill more fuel too?

 

is that 23 around town or highway? 23 around town is what i get but i get 28-30 highway.

 

my 01 got around 25 highway, 22 combined but my 04 gets around 30 highway and 25 combined. It would be nice to know if there are any cat mods.

 

Its basically stock, no test pipe. And 23 is just what I calculated last from my tank of gas, mostly city driving. If it was a blown head gasket, I'd think I'd notice haha. Oh wait, I guess I didnt actually say the smoke is coming from the tail pipes haha. If you say they do smoke a lot, I guess I shouldnt worry. But maybe I'll look into O2 sensor.

 

I get 21mpg mostly city... And significant smoke of any nature is NOT a good thing. My lexus did this and it turned out to be a head gasket

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmtUW...el_video_title

heres just a qwick example but its really worth it, or maybe you can just get some car cleaner and spray it off


carb not car haha sorry

 

nah it would be thick white smoke and the oil would look like chocolate milk

 

Yeah, its running far too well and smoothly to be something like a blown HG. Its probably just me being paranoid with the most expensive thing I've ever owned haha. It was reasonably cold when I noticed it, so its probably just condensation.