White smoke from exhaust in 1996 monte carlo

I am going to say yes that is likely. White smoke means water.

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Causes of White Exhaust Smoke

Could be a dozen different things.
Is the check engine light on ?
Does it happen at the same time or under the same conditions ?
Does it start back up or do you have to wait ?

Is the motor running when you hear this noise ? Is the car using coolant, does the level change ? Is the smoke like normal condensation you see when its cold outside?

The most likely cause of your car producing lots of white smoke from the exhaust is a blown head gasket. The reason it makes so much white smoke is because the leaking head gasket is letting water leak into the cylinders and when combustion happens it actually produces steam which looks like white smoke.

The water comes from the cooling system. There are cooling passages around the combustion cylinders to help them stay cool. The head gasket is just there to make a tight seal between the engine block and the cylinder head.
Unfortunately there is no fast and easy fix to head gasket problems. Some people buy "leak stop" products, but I caution you not to do that. The problem with them is that they contain products that are supposed to stop leaks (which they rarely do) and these products actually get stuck in the radiator and other cooling passages and cause them to become blocked. I would never use a product like this. It is better to just replace the head gasket.

You should take your car to a good mechanic to double check and make sure that is the problem. There are several tests they can do which will confirm that the head gasket is bad if it really is. They can do a cooling system pressure test or a cylinder leak down test to see if it really is bad or not.

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ur on ur way on blowing it up ur going to need new rings and maybe new pistons

piston rings wore out. as long as it runs dont worry about it.

I doubt it is a sensor. It sounds more like a bad set of rings or stuck valve.

Long push rods are for exhaust valves. Short are intake.

That white cloud is caused by a blown head gasket, the knocking noise could be, a rod bearing, thrust bearing, somewhere in the valve train. Replace the head gasket and see if it still knocks, and change the oil and filter too. If it still knocks, than you have bigger problems.