reefclown
Registered User
Just purchased my first Audi as the old VW was getting a little tired after 12 years.
Picked up a 2017 plate Q3 1.4T FSI from Lookers with 13k on the clock, and in general, am quite happy with the car, but...
It puts out, what to me is an excessive amount of white Smoke/Water Vapour from the exhaust especially when reversing.
The car generally gets used twice a day doing a 10-15 minute hop to work and back and on most weekends gets some longer trips
If I take it for a 40 min motorway trip then the fumes subside otherwise it's pumping visible vapour all the time. Never had this with any prior vehicles and seems a little odd to me. Even after a long journey the following morning it's back to fumes, as such I would expect all similar Petrol Q3's to exhibit this behaviour on a cold start, so very interested in others experience.
I took it to the dealership with some video's of the issue and their conclusion was that there are no codes showing, nothing un-towards from an emissions test and visual inspection. They state it's normal Water Vapour emissions due to the car being used for short hops.
Does anyone have an opinion on this or experience of doing short journeys resulting in steam/vapour from the exhaust even 15 minutes into driving?
There is no smell from the emissions and on asking the dealer they are sure it's not oil or coolant related.
Would really appreciate any recommendations on how I can get a concrete conclusion and the next steps I should take.
Picked up a 2017 plate Q3 1.4T FSI from Lookers with 13k on the clock, and in general, am quite happy with the car, but...
It puts out, what to me is an excessive amount of white Smoke/Water Vapour from the exhaust especially when reversing.
The car generally gets used twice a day doing a 10-15 minute hop to work and back and on most weekends gets some longer trips
If I take it for a 40 min motorway trip then the fumes subside otherwise it's pumping visible vapour all the time. Never had this with any prior vehicles and seems a little odd to me. Even after a long journey the following morning it's back to fumes, as such I would expect all similar Petrol Q3's to exhibit this behaviour on a cold start, so very interested in others experience.
I took it to the dealership with some video's of the issue and their conclusion was that there are no codes showing, nothing un-towards from an emissions test and visual inspection. They state it's normal Water Vapour emissions due to the car being used for short hops.
Does anyone have an opinion on this or experience of doing short journeys resulting in steam/vapour from the exhaust even 15 minutes into driving?
There is no smell from the emissions and on asking the dealer they are sure it's not oil or coolant related.
Would really appreciate any recommendations on how I can get a concrete conclusion and the next steps I should take.