# White smoke coming out of my exhaust when I first start my car every day

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/white-smoke-coming-out-of-my-exhaust-when-i-first-start-my-car-every-day/80607>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 29, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/white-smoke-coming-out-of-my-exhaust-when-i-first-start-my-car-every-day/80607 "2013-07-29T02:11:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/white-smoke-coming-out-of-my-exhaust-when-i-first-start-my-car-every-day/80607/21 "2017-12-17T01:25:27Z")

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You did not open it, CDonaldson did .

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**Author:** ![Nicole\_Marchant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicole\_Marchant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nicole_Marchant)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/white-smoke-coming-out-of-my-exhaust-when-i-first-start-my-car-every-day/80607/22 "2019-01-12T12:01:14Z")

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I have an 06 Santa Fe and at start up it will blow a large amount of heavy white smoke/steam out of tail pipe. Drives fine otherwise. Than depending on how long it sits before I start up again it will or won’t do it again at start up. The longer it sits before next start up the higher chance it will blow the smoke again. Could this be the same issue as above? How do I tell? Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Scrapyard-John](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Scrapyard-John](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scrapyard-John)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/white-smoke-coming-out-of-my-exhaust-when-i-first-start-my-car-every-day/80607/23 "2019-01-13T02:22:43Z")

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It might be normal condensation. If you aren’t burning oil, losing coolant, or experiencing any driveability issues, I wouldn’t worry about it. Just keep an eye on the fluid levels, which should be done anyway.

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**Author:** ![Nicole\_Marchant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@Nicole\_Marchant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nicole_Marchant)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/white-smoke-coming-out-of-my-exhaust-when-i-first-start-my-car-every-day/80607/24 "2019-01-13T04:34:49Z")

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Thank you! Will do!!

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