Is White Smoke from a Motorcycle Exhaust Pipe Indicative of Burning Engine Oil?

[IsabelLynn]

White smoke from a motorcycle is not caused by burning engine oil. The reasons for white smoke from a motorcycle are as follows: 1. Low temperature: It may be due to the engine temperature being too low, resulting in poor atomization of the air-fuel mixture entering the cylinder, or a spark plug in one cylinder not functioning. 2. Water ingress: Water has entered the engine oil. In such cases, the engine's fuel consumption generally increases, and a lack of power may also occur. The production of white smoke from a motorcycle is usually due to the atomization of water, or another scenario where the air-fuel mixture is not burned and is expelled. If white smoke is coming from the exhaust pipe, it could be due to water in the fuel or poor atomization of the air-fuel mixture entering the cylinder. If white smoke is caused by a non-functioning cylinder, a backfire phenomenon may sometimes occur in the exhaust pipe when the engine is warm.