Are you sure it was smoke and not steam? without seeing this substance myself, I am thinking it could POSSIBLY be oil in your cooling system. Didnt the mechanic tell you? It would mean a serious problem. This "waxy" substance is what happens when oil mixes with water. It might mean your car overheated and cracked the block. I hope this isnt true. Ihave seen this before. Take off the radiator cap. Roll up a piece of white paper and slip it down into the radiator. When you bring it out, it should not have anything but water/antifreeze on it. If there is any black substance, thats oil.It got into the cooling system. Now check the oil dipstick. If it looks greyish, it means water/antifreeze got into the oil system. I'm not an expert and this is just my personal opinion. Check your radiator fluid.first. Dont drive the car if you find "oil in the water." It will cause further damage and if you plan on having the car fixed, dont take that chance.
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Hello!
There are two differnt reasons for black and white smoke coming from the tail pipe.
Black smoke means fuel runs rich (car getting to much gas). Check fuel pressure/air filter.
In some cases the white smoke means car is burning oil or transmittion fluid. Have tem checked/replaced.
If you can feel a smelly smoke it can be catalytic converter.
In a worsest scenario if car blowing white smoke it can be engine coolant is getting into an engine cylinder from a bad head gasket ,or a warped/cracked head. So you need to keep your eye on coolant level and check your engine for overheat. Also might be good to check your oil for traces of coolant (on a dipstick it would be a milky substance mixture of oil and coolant).
Good Luck
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did you run a compression check? if so and its good then you have a blockage in the water jacket
if not then you have a head gasket leaking
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HAVE YOU NOTICED COOLANT LOSS,RECENTLY?KEEP THE COOLANT LEVELS FULL,CHECK TO SEE FOR ANY LOSS AT ALL! OIL SMOKE IS MORE BLUE THAN WHITE,BUT FUEL CAN HAVE A LIGHT BLUE SMOKE.Antifreez more whitesh with a similar smell of antifreeze.
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