As a general rule of automotive ownership, you never want to see your car smoking. Flames from the exhaust, maybe. But smoke? That’s a hard no. Regardless of the color, smoke is an abnormality and ...

Dan Clougher is an automotive journalist and former classic and sports car dealer with hands-on experience across luxury, performance, and collector vehicles. Before joining CarBuzz, he managed his ...

Similar to the human body, cars that aren't right will experience certain symptoms. These telltale signs can come as sounds you can hear or, in some cases, exhaust smoke you will see. Colorful exhaust ...

Despite what old cartoons would have you believe, it's neither normal nor good for your vehicle to smoke heavily while it's running. Maybe in the old days, but modern cars with modern fuel injection, ...

Even the novice driver with no mechanical ability knows when there's trouble, and smoke is never a good sign. White smoke from the exhaust can spell big problems with your engine, and the smoke's ...

Cars may have revolutionized the way we travel and go about completing our day-to-day errands, but for the longest time, smoke has been a sign that something needs to be attended to. Whether it's ...

White, wispy exhaust smoke when you start your car on a cold day is usually perfectly normal as long as it goes away after a few minutes. But what causes that exhaust smoke when the temperatures are ...

The cause of "white exhaust smoke syndrome" could be as innocuous as water in the exhaust pipes condensing and boiling off or as serious as a cracked head or block. You can narrow down the cause by ...

During normal operation, the emissions from a car's tailpipe should be invisible. But what if they're not? Should you be worried if you notice what looks like smoke? What should you do? The answers to ...

If your car is blowing blue smoke, it’s a clear sign that the engine is burning oil. What happens is that the valve guide seals or piston rings are worn out, and oil is leaking past from where it ...

R. S. WETMILLER and L. E. ENDSLEY JR. THIS paper reports the results of an extensive program of laboratory investigation of diesel exhaust smoke and odor carried out on two popular automotive-type ...

Have you got white smoke pouring from your exhaust? Is it just on start-up, or does it happen while you're accelerating with ...