For some reason im getting a little bit of white smoke coming out of the 02 raptor i have when i first start it for the day. Its coming out of the header where the pipe curves, the pipe at that exact spot appears to have a bubbling effect as if something is either been done to it right there or it melted right there(i find that to be very weird, however im not disconting anything yet)before i got it, im wondering if maybe there's a pinhole leak on there or what, I can take pics of it but has anyone else experienced this? Im wondering if its a valve issue or something else. Absolutely no smoking coming out of the engine gaskets or pipe gaskets itself, just right on the curve of the header pipe, it'll do this for about 10-15 seconds, then for the rest of the day it wont do it at all. Any help greatly appreciated of course.

 

i have no idea what the cause of that would be.. maybe there is a tiny hole in ur head pipe?

 

Right thats what im thinking. It looks like maybe there was a pinhole leak there and maybe the previous owner put something over it to cover it up, however, it didnt work. Im just wondering why white smoke would come out of it in the first place, im assuming valves. I really hope nothings wrong with it, the bike runs superb and it was an extremely well taken care of machine, just wondering why it'd do that. The white smoke itself has quite a strong "hot" smell to it. Anyways i can grab some pics of it in action if that helps.

 

well you are saying that the owner put something over it? the white smoke might be caused by that..the stuff might be burning or something?

 

i dont know why the valves would cause anything like this.. i doubt it is the valves

 

When you look at the pipe it has something on it about the size of a nickel. Its bubbled up right there, and thats why im assuming the guy put something on it. Otherwise the bike is totally mint. Im thinking either whatever that is, is burning off, or there's a pinhole leak on it. Now, thats why i ask about the white smoke because its kinda weird, there's no knocking on the valves or any other type of noise whatsoever, so maybe thats it. Was just wondering about that, kinda weird. Im not sure exactly what someone would actually put on there to cover it up, but im gonna try and find out!

 

ive used muffler putty on an old farm truck. it seems to be holding good

 

it might smoke a little on start up when its cold, thats ok, but if smokes all the times ever when riding...you need new rings.

 

The white smoke doesnt come out of the pipe on the end, thats for sure. Its just right on the header there, so im just assuming its putty on the pipe or something. I'll check it out when i get into the garage here. The bike doesnt have more than 80 hours on it, shouldnt need rings yet.

 

hey man wen i saw ur post i was like $h1t the same exact thing u said was happening to me word for word. someone understand this??