Anonymous Posted on Apr 10, 2010

Exhaust pipe comes out white smoke when start bike on side stand

Bmw r1150rt exhaust pipe comes out white smoke when start bike on side stand..

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bmw k1600 smoked right exhaust bmw k1600 smoked right exhaust
neil Apr 04, 2014

white smoke is oil and could be because the bike is on its side stand try starting it up on full stand

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Continuous or just for the 5-10 seconds.
If continuous you may have oil seeping past your pistons oil rings or valve guides oil seals.
Check your spark plug see if they are fouled badly (covered heavily and oily) or just covered by oil and sooth lightly.
If 5-10 sec it is normal as the engine is heating up there are normally a little oil seeping past the seals.

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White smoke is water in the combustion, blue smoke oil burning,caused by worn valve seals,worn piston rings,

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The question to ask is how long do you get this smoke?
Is it really white (water vapour) and nothing to worry about.
or
Blue (oil) and only puffs for a short while and clears. Again, not a problem, just a little seapage past seals and fairly normal.
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Blue (oil) and continues. This is something more serious and you should have a compression test done to identify if it from piston rings or valve seals etc.

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the white smoke appears only whenever i start the car

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