If it is blowing white smoke out of the exhaust tailpipe when the engine is at
operating temperature, engine coolant is getting into an engine cylinder from a
bad head gasket or some other problem
I know the white smoke would be caused by coolant, which would be leaking into the combustion chamber.
White smoke is a symptom of a blown head gasket.
Head gasket or cracked head
it would cause overheating but the smoke is probally coming from some sort of water or antifreeze in combustion chamber
Could be that the lawn was wet and that the white smoke was actually steam.
No. A bad head gasket would cause water to come out the tailpipe. You will see white smoke. Leaky rings would cause oil to come out the tailpipe. You will see blue smoke.
White smoke usually indicates steam. I don't think a bad intake manifold gasket would cause it, but a bad or blown head gasket certainly would. More than likely it is a bad head gasket or a cracked head. White smoke means you are getting anifreeze in your cumbustion chamber (cylinder) and when it fires it is burning the moisture creating white smoke.
no... for there to be white smoke there is water in your combustion chamber if there was too much oil it would be black smoke Black smoke is usually to much fuel and blueish white is oil. So yes it is possible that it is oil in the combustion chamber.
Could be several things. Typically, oil burning is blue smoke, and water/antifreeze is white smoke. With a combination of fast oil leak *and* white smoke, my guess would be to check the Cylinder Head Gasket or a cracked Cylinder Head.
White smoke from the exhaust is a sign of coolant entering the combustion chamber. Most likely cause is a blown head gasket. Stop driving this vehicle until you have this repaired or you will destroy this engine.
bad head gasket , warped or cracked head
sounds like it might be head gasket or intake gasket