2 reasons: because it's cold outside, or you need an oil change
white smoke coming from my tailpipe of my Honda civix lx 1997?
oil getting by the rings causes white smoke and oil dripping out of the tailpipe.
water
Sounds like a cracked Head or Block.
water
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they have elected a pope? in cold weather it is normal to see white smoke coming out of your tailpipe. the one you have to worry about is the black or the blue smoke
because it can
Usually the engine is burning coolant.
Black smoke = Overly rich fuel/air mixture. Blue smoke = Oil burning. White smoke = Coolant entering the combustion chamber.
White smoke is a symptom of a blown head gasket.
White smoke does not come from oil, white smoke means that there is water burning. Not good news as that is usually indictive of a head gasket failure. When you poured the oil in you just stirred up the water. Oil smoke is blue.