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> White smoke is water vapor.

Could also be coolant or oil



Even the faintest bit of oil will turn the smoke blue.

Could be coolant, but "coolant into engine" failure modes are generally rare and are usually the kind of thing that needs to get fixed promptly.


Coolant will have the dead giveaway sweet smell.




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