I started the car and saw white smoke everywhere, it dumped a lot of what looked like transmission fluid, what happened?

engine went boom --most likely blew engine [[test and look for where coolant and oil are coming from --head gasket-crack block -radiator -

Time for a GOOD SIZE trans cooler!

If the smoke is white, maybe engine problem

Pink fluid? Would that be transmission fluid? You have cooling lines running from the transmission to a separate reservoir in the radiator. Could that be the escaping fluid? Could the fluid have got on the exhaust and burned, and caused all the smoke? Or did the white smoke come out of the exhaust?
Check your fluids. Do you have pink coolant? Find and fix the leak, refill the lost fluid, and go from there. Good luck, drew.

This is caused by an overheated transmission, the overheating is caused by an internal failure of a severe overloading of the transmission like towing.

If it is spraying out like crazy it could be as simple as the dipstick is missing. I would start there. I left my dipstick out once and fluid get everywhere, which would cause the smoking engine effect.

was transmission fluid poured in oil by mistake is oil over full is it comeing from exhaust pipe if none of theses things fix it have oil changed put stop smoke in or oil treatment

Hi,

You didn't state the color of smoke. The color of smoke has different meaning or causes.

Black smoke is burning oil. Blue smoke is usually transmission fluid due to a leaking modulator valve in the older auto transmission. White smoke is due to water getting in to a cylinder from a bad gasket, cracked block or a cracked head.

Best regards.

You have a transmission fluid leak fill it up start the car and find it. Its probably a hose from the tranny to the cooler.

It could be a coolant or transmission fluid leak in the combustion chamber. Check your coolant and transmission fluid to see if one or both are low. White smoke from the exhaust is a classic symptom of a blown head gasket, have your cooling system pressure checked. If that checks out good then have your transmission checked.