Re: Excessive? steam from the exhaust

[Jonathan Berry - SunSoft CTE <Jonathan.Berry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sami,

On catalytic converter equipped cars, I think one of the by-products
of the exhaust cleaning process is water.  At low rpm in cold weather
you'll see steam when the engine is warm.  

Jon
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Maybe just another stupid question, but I wonder if it is normal that there is 
quite a lot of steam coming out from the exhaust of my 525i -89 even when the 
engine is warm. It is about -10 degrees Celsius here in Finland. I know that 
when the engine is cold, there should be steam coming out, but I 
would guess considerably less when warm. The steam seems to be ordinary water 
steam.

Any thoughts?

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