Tiger
01-26-2006, 11:30 PM
Hey guys... I want to run this by you so maybe some of you know the answer to this delimma.... I got a 540i. The car seems to smoke alot more than usual... white smoke. At first, I thought it was because of short trips and lots of condensation in the exhaust system.
But tonite... 26 degree... and about 5 miles of driving and park in my driveway, the car smoked like crazy... sort of like steam plant. I am losing some coolant... about a reservoir per 3 weeks but I thought that leak is because of that infamous pipe by the ICV... I do see evidence of coolant in that area underneath the car.
Still, the car smoked! Is this a sign of something else is bad? A bad headgasket is unlikely... so what else could it be? No oil loss. Maybe bad ICV? What do you think? Winifred? BillR?
But tonite... 26 degree... and about 5 miles of driving and park in my driveway, the car smoked like crazy... sort of like steam plant. I am losing some coolant... about a reservoir per 3 weeks but I thought that leak is because of that infamous pipe by the ICV... I do see evidence of coolant in that area underneath the car.
Still, the car smoked! Is this a sign of something else is bad? A bad headgasket is unlikely... so what else could it be? No oil loss. Maybe bad ICV? What do you think? Winifred? BillR?