Excessive? steam from the exhaust (continued)

["Sarelius Sami" <sami.sarelius@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As to the amount of steam, I would say that my car is producing more steam than 
most other cars I see both when idling and in traffic. In addition, my car is 
not equipped with a cat. My concern here is primarily that, could there be a 
major problem with the engine. Or could this be due to the fuel mixture being 
adjusted (richer)this fall? The car was running lean at >2500 rpm, which caused 
driveability problems. I can't tell whether the mixture adjusting have increased 
the steaming as this is the first winter I have the car. 


- -Sami   

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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?


TIA, Sami

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