# Chevy diesel **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, smoke, 2500\ **Created:** [January 3, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-diesel/41807 "2010-01-03T22:02:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![agrana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@agrana](https://community.cartalk.com/u/agrana)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-diesel/41807/1 "2010-01-03T22:02:15Z")
occasionally blowing white smoke from the exhaust ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-diesel/41807/2 "2010-01-04T01:13:07Z")
That sounds like condensation due to the cold weather and maybe some short trips where the engine does not get warm enough to dry out the exhaust system. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-diesel/41807/3 "2010-01-04T01:18:00Z")
Joe. The OP didn’t specify the year. Maybe a DPF problem? Tester ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/chevy-diesel/41807/4 "2010-01-04T11:35:07Z")
It could be several problems and I fear I don’t know Chevy diesels well enough to go there, which is why I worded my reply the way I did. 🙂