Q: Smoke coming from the engine, the car sat longer
Hi. My car sat through the winter. When I started it up the other day, there was some smoke coming from the engine. That is the only issue that happened. The dashboard didn't show any lights on and all the gauges are working correctly. What could cause this? Is it serious? Thanks.
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