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Old 01-25-2008, 08:37 PM
anomaly_va_1976 anomaly_va_1976 is offline
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Re: a little bit of white smoke from engine

White smoke is coolant entering a cylinder -- either a blown head gasket, leaking throttle body coolant lines, bad intake gaskets, or a cracked head.... If it goes away when its warmed up, some white smoke when it is cold out is normal.....

Also could be contaminants burning off the exhaust manifold.... harmless, but annoying.
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