2001 Mitsubishi Galant white smoke and car cutting out whil

2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT
13,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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PAM GILBERT
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my car has white smoke coming from the tailpipe and when i leave it idling for a while it will cut off/wondering if this was the fuel filter causing it to cut out/don't know about the white smoke/just changed the oil and air filter
Sep 15, 2008 at 2:17 PM
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DOCFIXIT
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White smoke is caused by engine coolant entering the cumbustion chamber possible causes blown headgasket or cracked head.
Sep 15, 2008 at 2:35 PM
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