It's been going on for a few days - on cold starts while warming up, it'll smoke white and smell pretty bad... probably burning oil, I'm not sure.


Any ideas?

 

White smoke is water/coolant burning, oil burns blue. HTH

 

sure its not just condensation in the exhaust? Mine is similar when the morning is cold but not a hint of smoke when its sunny out.

 

What does it smell like? Sweet?

White, sweet smelling steam = coolant
Blue smoke = oil
Black smoke = fuel

It is perfectly normal for a cold engine to steam at startup and during warmup. Excessive steam or smoke indicates a problem.

 

Is it that bad though.. when the water/coolant is burning on start up?

It wasn't cold today besides the early morning and she wasn't started then. When it got cooler outside, she smoked a little though. It stopped after a while of driving her.

It smelled sweet yes, so I guess it was coolant.