White smoke at start up

Asked by GuruV6J94 Sep 13, 2018 at 03:33 PM about the 2012 Nissan Altima Coupe 3.5 SR

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

So I'm curious if anyone would know what is
happening with my car. There is thick white smoke
at start up. Before I go to school cloud of white
smoke that lingers. Get out of school start it up
white smoke. It used to smoke occasionally and
when it did I would try driving and I'd lose power,
car would jerk, and check engine light would come
on. After driving it for a bit all problems would go
away. We replaced the pcv valve the car no longer
continuously smokes or loses power. It just smokes
every time I start it up drives normal, oil is good, car
doesn't over heat everything else seems perfectly
normal. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

3 Answers

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White smoke usually means you're burning coolant but if the coolant level stays up suspect valve guides

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