Pouring white smoke out of the exhaust. Options

[czwalga]

Well.... got the car running yesterday drove it for a while. Some coolant leaking which turned out to be a bad radiator cap.



Today got it up to temperature, it just pours white smoke out of the exhuast. I know that usually means headgasket... however it's brand new. I cleaned the head and block, but didnt have the head decked. It seemed smooth though.

Should i start ripping it apart or any other ideas? I've never seen a bad head gasket pour this much smoke which is strange. Doesn't necessarily have that sweet smell either, but not sure what else it could be.

This post has been edited by czwalga: May 16, 2011 - 5:08 PM

[trdproven]

if its been sitting for a while could be moisture, water builds up, besides that water is a by product of combustion but thats just one thing. you can easily check if your coolant or oil is intermixing. is your temp overheating?

i barely drive my car so i too thought the white smoke was coolant initially, I dropped the exhaust pipe and water spilled out. this caused the white smoke.

could be anything but best thing to do is check it one by one.