nmoffatt

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I know this topic has been beaten to death on the forum but I thought I would ask anyways as it does not seem to be very obvious to me. I suspect I am starting to have small coolant leak so I posted a video as describing it can be tricky as it could be interpreted differently by each reader. I hope it is just condensation but I have never seen this before on any of my FC's in the past. This is my first FD so I might be a little paranoid.

I have a low mileage 93 with almost perfect compression. Original engine. I have had to add some coolant after a couple of months after driving so more than 200 miles or so.

After the car sits overnight I don't see any smoke whatsoever on startup. Same after 2 nights. The video below shows the cold startup after 6 days. I don't smell anything sweet in the exhaust but my sense of smell is not great. It only lasts a minute or two.

I'm only worried that when I store it for winter having water in the engine for up to 6 months would not be that good ...

Here is the link. Thanks for your help.


Neil

JDRX-7

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That appears to be steam after warming temps rise.

cptpain

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Looks normal to me

Mrmatt3465

iTrader: (10)

My 7 does the same thing. It's condensation. Waft it. It'll be steamy if it was a coolant seal, it would not have started that easy and it would be thick and billowing white smoke. Not transparent and short lived like that

ZE Power MX6

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Condensation, mine does that when it starts to get cold out, never happen in the summer tho.

RotaryEvolution

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looks like condensation, as said if it was coolant it would smoke immediately and likely have starting issues.

nmoffatt

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Thanks for the advise guys. I can rest easy for now!