Smoking during warm up

["DR CHALLENGER" <drchallenger@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

sounds like moisture in the exhaust system "burning off" .


>From: Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx
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>Subject: IML: Smoking during warm up
>Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 04:53:57 EDT
>
>I have been using my '59 Imperial about 50% or more of the time as a daily
>driver, but as the weather here in Southern California is finally warming 
>up,
>I have noticed some smoke coming out of the tail pipes at night for about 
>the
>first three minutes after starting it up. When it was cooler out, I thought
>this was just frost, but there is no longer cool enough nights for frost.
>Once the car warms up enough the smoke gradually diminishes and disappears
>all together. It has been running like a charm, and barely consumes any 
>oil,
>in fact far less than my much newer 300ZX. I barely have to add a quart 
>every
>2 months. Should I be concerned about this? I know the car has weak
>compression in two cylinders, but even they have seemed to fall in with the
>rest of the engine, since it has been running extremely smooth without
>vibration for the last week or so. The engine has been so quiet, that at
>times when I'm at a stoplight, I wonder if it's still running!
>Bill '59 Crown


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