YIKES!
White smoke may not be a good sign, as the white aspect is quite
possibly steam, made from water in the coolant....check this out: do you
have any oil under your rad cap? Is there any coolant in your oil pan?
I would be willing to bet that your new hot starting problems are
directly related.
Matt Peterson wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was curious as to what a cloud of whitish blue exhaust means on start-up.
> After the car has sit for awhile on start-up it will expel a good amount of
> whitish smoke from the exhaust then it diminishes although the exhaust is
> still visible. Could oil be leaking into the cylinders when it sits?
>
> Another question. When my car is started up cold I don't need to give it
> any gas to start it. However, if the engine is still hot I need to depress
> the gas pedal to the floor in order for it to start up. It just started
> this one day a few weeks ago and it is getting annoying. I have no idea
> what could be causing it to do this.
>
> Any help would be appreciated!
>
> thank you,
>
> Matt Peterson
> '68 1600
> Zimmerman, MN
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