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Question: white smoke coming from exhaust

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damo, Averill, VT, February 05, 2012, 15:01
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i was driving on motor way when i lost power and white smoke came out of exhgaust

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    patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, February 05, 2012, 16:47
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    I am afraid it may be a blown head gasket. Did the coolant level drop engine run rough or did the temperature gauge rise.

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