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a functioning properly insulated and sealed internal combustion engine is only designed to burn gas...

though when malfuntioning is able to burn anything that comes in contact with it (i.e. anti-freeze and/or oil) if that happens then blue smoke (if it's burning oil) will come out the tail pipe... if it's burning antifreeze then thick white smoke (think smoke screen) will come out the back of the tailpipe..

if all is well then you might be able to see small amounts of very thin white smoke which is fine

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