Engine turns over but will not start and white smoke coming out of the throttle body

1998 PONTIAC SUNFIRE
190,000 MILES • 2.4L • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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WILLIAM BRADFORD
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Engine turns over, but will not start white smoke is coming out of the throttle body. if you put your hands over throttle body intake the smoke will come out between the head and block.
Sep 30, 2016 at 11:19 AM
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Hey WILLIAM,

Wow, Thats a good one, please pull the spark plugs out and do a compression test. Lets see if we have an engine to work with here. Use this guide to help

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

Please let us know what you find so it will help others.

Best, Ken
Oct 4, 2016 at 3:36 AM
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