Q: White smoke

asked by on May 13, 2017

My car constantly blows white once I start the car, but it doesn't over heat AT ALL, no oil coolant mixture, no water dripping from exhaust just smoke, I have even done the "engine block test" and it passed that, what else could it be

My car has 200000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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