Depending on weather, (temperature and humidity), some water vapor is
perfectly normal. Water vapor is one of the by products of combustion.
This is why vehicles that are used for short trips need more oil changes
and rust the exhaust out quickly. If there are no other symptoms or
problems, do not worry.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Dustin Jones
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 4:18 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: White smoke on startup, running rich?

About 200 miles into my engine break in afte a rebuild, my 2.1L is
blowing
white smoke when I start it up. Smells like unburnt fuel, not sweet like
coolant. I can see little drips of condensations coming out of the tail
pipe
that quickly evaporate. Am I running rich? Leaky injectors? Maybe I
should
take it to a shop and have the exhaust sniffed. I can't tell if it
continues
to smoke while I am driving, I don't see any trail of it. I hope it is
not
the head gasket, I will flip a lid!! I just got my baby running again
after
a 3 year hiatus from throwing a rod and blowing a hole in the engine
block.....