Steam on waking it up.

Kernow-Z4 · Post by **Kernow-Z4** » Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:25 pm

Good evening,

I have an intriguing one, and looking for any ideas...

Just woken my car up, car started perfectly, not even a hint of hesitation and she fired up after being sat for over 4 months. Left it to idle for approx 10 minutes and the rev counter lights to dissappear.

After this I started to notice light steam/vapour coming from the 2 grilles either side of the underbonnet bmw emblem.
I have a video showing it here:

https://youtu.be/bwNvgqE67kE

Any ideas what may be causing this?

Kern47 · Post by **Kern47** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 1:42 am

I have the same thing when I start my Mk2 golf up for the first time in a while.

I've always assumed it's just moisture evaporating as the radiator heats up as it always just rises from where the radiator/fan is, then stops after a while

Beedub · Post by **Beedub** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:28 am

ive never seen my do that in all the years ive owned it....

RedUn · Post by **RedUn** » Sat Feb 23, 2019 5:27 pm

Could be condensation, check the coolant level after you've run it to make sure?

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