Hey all
About 3 months ago I started noticing a small white puff from my tail pipe every time I started my car. Then after being out of town for a month, I came back and upon start up the smoke came out a much bigger cloud, but subsided after about 10 seconds. I have noticed a small bubbling/gurgling sound from the engine bay just prior to the smoke coming out as well.
Took it into the dealership after the same issue occurring on almost every start up over the next few days, but they said they were unable to recreate the issue and that they found nothing wrong after a thorough inspection of the engine. Fast forward to now, I started it again after being away for 2 weeks and the smoke emitted was the most it had ever been. It did subside a bit, but didn't fully stop even after 5 minutes of running.
As for troubleshooting I've done:
- The oil looks good on the dipstick (it was changed about 6 weeks ago), there is no residue on the oil fill cap
- Spark Plugs were replaced 1yr/5k miles ago
- There are no leaks anywhere that I can see (on ground or on engine components)
- Coolant seems to have dropped a lot for 3 weeks (halfway between min&max), however that could just be fluctuation from temperature
- There are no warning lights or messages on the screens
- Vehicle hasn't been overheating or even getting close to
About 3 months ago I started noticing a small white puff from my tail pipe every time I started my car. Then after being out of town for a month, I came back and upon start up the smoke came out a much bigger cloud, but subsided after about 10 seconds. I have noticed a small bubbling/gurgling sound from the engine bay just prior to the smoke coming out as well.
Took it into the dealership after the same issue occurring on almost every start up over the next few days, but they said they were unable to recreate the issue and that they found nothing wrong after a thorough inspection of the engine. Fast forward to now, I started it again after being away for 2 weeks and the smoke emitted was the most it had ever been. It did subside a bit, but didn't fully stop even after 5 minutes of running.
As for troubleshooting I've done:
- The oil looks good on the dipstick (it was changed about 6 weeks ago), there is no residue on the oil fill cap
- Spark Plugs were replaced 1yr/5k miles ago
- There are no leaks anywhere that I can see (on ground or on engine components)
- Coolant seems to have dropped a lot for 3 weeks (halfway between min&max), however that could just be fluctuation from temperature
- There are no warning lights or messages on the screens
- Vehicle hasn't been overheating or even getting close to