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Date:         Sat, 18 Jan 2014 19:33:53 -0800
Reply-To:     "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Organization: Cosmic Reminders
Subject:      Re: White smoke when cold
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <E4F9A7B2-9608-4266-AB93-ACC3E45DAFAD@q.com>
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Good thought.. does the van use coolant at all ?

I have found MANY empty license plate bottles...'most' waterboxer vanagons use coolant slowly.

On 1/18/2014 5:35 PM, Karl Wolz wrote: > Extensive white smoke could be a head gasket leaking coolant into the combustion chamber. > > Karl Wolz > Sent from my electronic umbilicus > >> On Jan 18, 2014, at 6:21 PM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >> >> White smoke on startup - oil and maybe some water. After warm-up - >> should be little or no smoke. >> >> As a rule - white/blue smoke is symptomatic of and oil problem some where >> >> Black smoke is indicatrive of a fuel problem. >> >> >> John >> >>> On 1/18/2014 6:11 PM, Alain Thibault wrote: >>> Allo all >>> My van sits in the garage for most of the week and I drive it only once a week. When I start it, there is a lot of white smoke...I mean a lot of smoke. Alter 10-15 minutes, when the engine has reached normal temperature, there is no more smoke. I know that it is normal that there is smoke when the engine is cold but that much, I have rarely seen it. Being fairly new to the Vanagon world, I wonder it this is normal? I would appreciate any of your thoughts on the subject. I don't know if it is related to that, but when the engine has reached normal temperature, it will need 2-3 cranks before the engine starts again... >>> Thanks >>> Alain >>> 1986 Westfalia >>> >>> Sent from my iPad 2 >>>


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