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When you burn gasoline(H) with air(O) you get the by-product of H2O............water
This is why exhaust systems rust from the inside out, water vapor stays in the exhaust system when you shut off the engine, as exhaust system cools down the water vapor turns back to water and settles in low spots and starts the rusting.
And why in colder outside temps you see that water vapor condensing as soon as it exits the tail pipe, in warmer air it exits without condensing
This is also why tail pipes drip water.
So white smoke will smell like exhaust if its just water vapor, it will smell Sweet if its got coolant vapor in it, really no mistaking the smell.
It will strike you as an "odd smell" if its coolant
When you burn gasoline(H) with air(O) you get the by-product of H2O............water
This is why exhaust systems rust from the inside out, water vapor stays in the exhaust system when you shut off the engine, as exhaust system cools down the water vapor turns back to water and settles in low spots and starts the rusting.
And why in colder outside temps you see that water vapor condensing as soon as it exits the tail pipe, in warmer air it exits without condensing
This is also why tail pipes drip water.
So white smoke will smell like exhaust if its just water vapor, it will smell Sweet if its got coolant vapor in it, really no mistaking the smell.
It will strike you as an "odd smell" if its coolant
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