Q: White smoke every morning and stoped after a while

asked by on December 30, 2016

I serviced my Mazda Primacy 2003 model and I took it to car wash and I drove it home without no issue but second day morning I started the engine and the white smoke came out of the car and stopped after a while and it has been doing that every morning since almost four days now. Please what is really happening and what is the possible solution? Thanks
My car has an automatic transmission.

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