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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 11:23 AM
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I think I may have a blown head gasket. For the past week, I've been getting some white smoke at startup in the morning, until I'm driving. It usually comes mostly from just one of my four tailpipes and is getting a bit worse. Today there was a bit coming from all my tailpipes. It'll smoke again if I start it up warm, but after I drive it for awhile, it wont smoke anymore. This sound like a blown head gasket to you guys? Anything else it could be? The smoke is definitely white.
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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 11:31 AM
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Does is smell sweet like burned coolant? If it does not, could be just water vapor on a cool humid morning.
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Old Aug 31, 2001 | 11:33 AM
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I dont think this is condensation. The smoke will continue until I get moving, wether that's 30 seconds or 5 minutes.
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