I use my inspection mirror: I put it over the tail pipe and let a little of
the fumes condense on the mirror and then give it the ol' digi-sniff.

Jere
90 GL
88 GL

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]  On Behalf Of
Zoran Mladen
Sent:   Wednesday, June 13, 2001 8:16 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: white smoke?

Interesting!  Cool, thanx for the info!

So how do you determine if the white smoke is caused by water or fuel?

Z

-----Original Message-----
From: CTONLINE@webtv.net [mailto:CTONLINE@webtv.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 9:09 AM
To: zmladen@avolent.com
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: white smoke?

Zoran,

Wrong answer-----
Diesel fuel is oil.

I just got done installing new injectors in a 6-71 Detroit diesel that
had hung up         (filthy) injectors, and it was blowing white exhaust
like a mosquito abatement vehicle.

It was blowing raw fuel out the exhaust which was burning on the way out
of the hot exhaust pipe, hence the white smoke.

Bad injectors will cause this,besides the bad head seals.

A worn out engine will also blow white oil smoke until the pistons swell
to close the gap between the cylinders.

See this all the time. ( Mack, Cummins, Detroit, Cat)

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Terry
74 Campmobile (Clementine)
85 GL
86 BMW 325 ES