Thick white smoke. What should I do?

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Old 05-14-2012, 01:02 PM
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Okay I changed my oil the other day and took it for a test drive and it was smoking white. Like heavy batmobile smokescreen. I put the recommended amount of oil but it seemed when I drained it there should have been more.

I'm fearing the worst that it's the head gasket that went but I want to flush the coolant and do a refill, I just don't know why it would run fine and then start smoking after an oil change.

Please help. Any advice would be great I want to get this car up and running

The car has 150k miles, I am doing the timing belt as soon as I figure this out. If its the head gasket I'll just do it all the same time
 
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Old 05-14-2012, 02:13 PM
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Did you drain the tranny and fill the engine? Believe it or not I've heard someone say they've done that on a VW.

What's the oil level on both the engine and tranny dipsticks?

Could be a failed oil seal on your turbo?
 

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Old 05-15-2012, 08:38 AM
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The smell of the smoke will tell you what it is.
Give it a whiff.
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