White smoke out of tail pipe

Tiny
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  • 2000 SATURN SL2
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  • 6 CYL
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Suddenly a lot of white smoke coming from tail pipe. Is not getting hot and drives fine. What should I look at for the problem?
Sunday, August 12th, 2018 AT 4:06 PM

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Tiny
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White smoke usually indicates coolant being burnt in the engine combustion chamber. So, remove all the spark plugs and inspect for coolant on any. If found that is the cylinder that is leaking the coolant into it and most likely a blown head gasket.
If you cannot find any coolant on any spark plugs, complete a compression test. If one cylinder is really low, that too would mean the head gasket is leaking.
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Monday, August 13th, 2018 AT 9:09 AM

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