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Potential oil from exhaust?

  • 15-10-2018 2:32pm
    #1
    Redgirl82
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    Ok, I have a 14 Galaxy. Giving no issues, with the cold morning I leave it to run for a few mins before I leave the house. The last few mornings I have noticed at the exhaust that it looks like a stain coming onto tarmac. I took a picture
    Now I know water will come out but it looks like 2 different colours, could this be oil and should I be worried?

    The car has 60k miles and is running well. It was serviced about 3 months or so ago. I know nothing about engine or anything but I would guess if oil it aint great


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  • #2
    bheart65
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    Hi there, it's most likely to be just the condensation/water you mentioned dripping from the exhaust, it mixes with carbon deposits inside the exhaust pipe and that can leave the black stain. If your engine was having problems and burning oil or had a head gasket issue, you'd notice a lot of smoke from your exhaust - https://www.freeasestudyguides.com/exhaust-color.html.


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