the engine is flooded with gas
White smoke coming from your tail pipe often indicates an issue with your coolant. The smoke comes from burning coolant. The engine sputters and white smoke is likely an issue with the head gasket.
Usually the engine is burning coolant.
White smoke coming from the engine can mean many different things. One such thing is that your car may have a blown head gasket or that oil is burning in the engine.
Does it smell sweet? If so, you're probably leaking coolant, but could be due to any number of things.
a blow piston or a head gasket in your engine
White smoke means water, blue/black smoke means oil, black smoke can also mean the fuel mixture is too rich.
There are three types of smoke that will exhust from your gasoline engine: White smoke, actually is steam from condensation of water within the muffler and exhust system. Number two is Black smoke, this is from unburned fuel. The engine is running far richer that it needs to be. Number three is blue smoke. This is usually associated with oil comsumption.
If you are getting white or grey smoke out of the tailpipe , especially when the engine is warmed up , you have coolant getting into an engine cylinder from a bad head gasket or warped or cracked cylinder head
white smoke from diesel exhaust generally means you have engine coolant leaking internally in enginevery rarely , white smoke can indicate a problem with the turbo
This depends on the color of smoke it is making. Blue smoke probably means that your engine is burning oil and is in need of a rebuild. If it is white smoke it means there is water or coolant getting into your engine which may mean that the head gasket is leaking.
White smoke indicates coolant entering the combustion chamber. STOP driving this car immediately and have this repaired or you will destroy the engine.Blue smoke indicates the engine is burning oil.Black smoke indicates an overly rich fuel/air mixture. Have this repaired or you will destroy the catalytic converter and the O2 sensor.
More than likely, the white smoke is steam - usually resulting from condensation, blown head gasket, or cracked cylinder head. A blown gasket or cracked head can be detected with a compression check. Hope it's just condensation from the tail pipe, which is normal in the early morning.