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White "smoke" spewing from my Kia.

White smoke spews from the back end of my Kia. It had very little power, and stalled on me when I was driving. This has not happened to me previously, however the car has had a pretty rough idle this past week.

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Blown head gasket for sure, check your radiator to see how much coolant you're missing to be completely sure. the oil may or may not be milky but that would be a dead giveaway. having the same problems.. i guess theres a reason why this car was 300 dollars.
also, after you replace the head gasket pressure test the cooling system to make sure your radiator, heater core, and water pump are still good. a blown head gasket can overpressurize the cooling system and blow out these components.
I guess this is a pretty common problem for these cars

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Check your oil, you may have a blown head gasket. Check the oil too see if it has antifreeze in it

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