2001 White smoke at start-up

2001 BMW 745
95,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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LJEN502
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I just paid my BMW dealer 700 dollars to repair my car. One of the problems I told him was that I observe white smoke when I start-up my car. Sometimes its a lot of smoke and sometimes its just enough to notice. It's still smoking... what could cause this smoke problem.
Aug 17, 2008 at 5:15 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

White smoke can indicate coolant in the combustion chamber, i would go back to the repairer and get this re checked , have a head check done this will check for exhaust gasses in the cooling system , a sure sign that there is a problem, can you tell us what was repaired for all that money? did they advise you on what was done?

Mark (mhpautos)
Aug 17, 2008 at 5:46 PM
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DOCHAGERTY
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As usual, I'm with Mark on this one, go back and have them prove to your satisfaction what is going on here. And by the way, what did they do for the $ they cost you, and what was the dealerships name? This issue could be a PCV valve starting to fail as the M-62 motor is extremely robust and seldom do they have coolant in the combustion chambers.
Aug 18, 2008 at 3:40 PM
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