Holden Commodore 2006: Smokey exhaust

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While my 2006 VZ Commodore V6 seems to run fine and I can't say that it feels to have has lost power there seems to be quite a bit of visible smoke coming from the exhaust on cold start up and running. Once the engine is warm, the visible smoke reduces. I have noticed 'excessive' smoke being emitted from other Alloytec-powered Commodores on occasions. Is 'smoky' cold running a normal characteristic of the Alloytec motor or should I be worried that something is wrong?

Answered by CarsGuide

24 August 2010

Graham Smith

It doesn’t sound like there’s anything wrong, the ‘smoke’ is pretty normal for most cars during the warm-up phase.

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