Q: My 90 Camry, V6 is shaking when idle and a lot of white smoke coming out off the exhaust pipe.

asked by on August 19, 2017

My car shakes when in idle and white smoke is coming out of the echaust pipe

My car has 130000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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