1998 Nissan Sunny White smoke coming out of exhaust

1998 NISSAN SUNNY
220,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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TRINI_DARKSIDE
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HI
I changed the tapin pan gasket seal today, changed oil and filter as well as air filter.
Goin dwn on the highway about 3 hrs after doin the maintainence, i saw white smoke emitting frm the exhaust..
this only started to happen after i changed the oil and the other stuff. the car was wrking good before the maintainence on the old oil....
HELP
Jul 1, 2010 at 7:23 PM
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RASMATAZ
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If its blue color smoke we can blame the oil but its white coming out could mean coolant is burning in the combustion chamber or gas in the oil-
Jul 1, 2010 at 7:51 PM
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