White smoke from my car exhaust? Cause?

It sounds like you overfilled your oil. make sure your car is on a flat surface and recheck your levels on the dipstick.

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white smoke is when oil get into top of your motor where thr spark plugs are and where gas end up.

now you have oil in a place where the gas goes so when the gas eginites it burns the oil and then comes out the tail pipe white

ok now why

there is more than one answer

i will tell u the ones that i think

that is causeing u a problems

when your car stops and is not running there is a chance that the oil is leaking through your valve guides

not to worrie u can drive the care another 200.000 miles

just keep an eye on your oil check every day or so

then there is the chance that you over filled the with oil

if so have it drained and replce with correct amount and try not to do that again there is no harm so far

now there is another way for oil to get there and bthat is going by the rings causng the car to smoke

and if it is dong that it might do it all the time not just when u start the car

so did u get the motor super hot that could cause the rings to go bad

and some time when the rings go bad they come back to normal

no one nows why.

if that s your problem u could be in for a ciastly repair

but i do not think that to be your problem

now there are a few other ways that oil can get there on most cars there many hoses that start from a place where oil is and end up where the spark and gas are. a good shop should be able to fix that at a small cost now i no that a new car dealers are or have a high labor rate

but u will find that most are honest and just want to charge for what they do

now ths is what i think

my first guss would be you put n to much oil

my second guss is one of thoses lines from oil to gas is not wo0rking

my third guss valve guides

and last bad rings

First be sure that it isn't steam. Check the radiator level.

If it's not steam then it is likely to be oil. Un-burnt oil sometimes comes out as blue smoke but it can also be white if mixed with steam.

This seems to be a case of bust head gasket or leaking valve seal. There is an initial build up of liquid that gets blown from your exhaust pipe and then when everything warms up you don't see the plume that will be continually blown out. Have a look at the tailpipe while someone gently revs your warm engine and see what comes out.

If you overfilled your sump then you have increased the risk of having too much oil pressure. This often damages the oil seals around the engine, crankshaft, pump, cylinder head etc. leading to increased oil consumption. If it's the head gasket you may notice loss of power and increased fuel consumption.

Sorry, you'll have to get it to a garage. If you are blowing smoke then the police will prosecute you for pollution and you'll still have to get it fixed.

You don't say wether your car is petrol or diesel. All cars produce a little white smoke when the engine is cold due to water vapour produced by the burning fuel. However excess white smoke when the engine is warm is usually an indication of imminent head gasket failure on a petrol engine. On a diesel engine it could be a sign of head gasket problems or unburnt fuel due to a faulty injector or an intermittent loss of compression. Does the car lose power when this occurs?

Your oil level has a max and a min level - you should keep your oil level in the middle of these two or else you will damage your car !

Its possible you may have worn piston rings allowing oil to slip through and burn. Its a symptom of a worn engine (high mileage) and very time consuming to replace and therefore expensive.

Start thinking of replacing your car.

Its dangerous to drive your car if its causing a cloud of smoke and you can be charged with an offence.

depends of course if its cold. but if you put oil in it and it started smoking, u could have put too much in and its burning oil caused by over flowing it above the full mark on the dip stick and, u could have a blow head gasket as others have said, but it will smoke if you over filled it. keep an eye on it and watch if it gets worse. if it does start preparing for having your engine rebuilt or a new engine. keep a close eye on your oil level.

White smoke is usually antifreeze getting into your cylinders

Blue smoke is oil

Black smoke is too much gas

If you have white you better have that looked after, could be a crack in the block,or a leaking head gasket

Good luck!

check your coolant when its cold. The first sign of a head gasket problem is white smoke from exhaust

Well any type of smoke is bad, but white smoke is the worse.

Firstly, are u definately sure it was white smoke?

White smoke means oil is being unburnt by the engine..

In other words, u hav worn piston rings/cylinder bores and there is a gap. Now thru that gap escapes oil (being unburnt) and travels thru the hot exhaust.that's wat is giving it the white smoke..

In the next few days check to see if there is loss of oil.

Constantly check ur oil level.

If wat i'm sayin is true, get rid of the car asap.

good luck

Was it cool and damp out at the time, could have just been water vapour

You may have put to much in. Or spilled a little on the exaust manifold. Not a problem.