Well, I had my car in for service - oil change and check up 3 days ago. No driving from them to now when I went to the store and it began pausing like spitting and spurting. I stopped right away and checked the oil, which barely showed on the dip stick, so added 1, checked level, still the same and …

How many miles on what kind of car, what year?

White smoke = water Blue smoke = oil Black smoke = Fuel- Too much Year, make, milage would help a whole lot.

You checked the engine oil dip stick & oil was barely showing. Then you added 2 quarts & no change on the dipstick?? Could it have been the transmission dipstick that you were looking at & now the engine is overfilled with oil? As mentioned what are you driving?

Thanks for replying. The car is a 98 Mercury Mystique with 183,000 kms on it. Karen

What automatic safety shut-off feature are you talking about. Why did a “spitting and spurting” engine give you the idea to check the oil?

I too, think you were looking at the wrong dipstick.

With a white cloud exhaust, engine coolant has gotten into the engine cylinders where it has been vaporized…causing the white smoke. The usual route into the engine cylinders is through a cylinder head gasket which has deteriorated, cracked, etc. Some times, it’s a metal crack in the cylinder head, …

Well I would not put too much money into this car, but I would not write it off. The OP should pay to have it checked and to get an estimate before giving up.

Engine oil - too much? white smoke and auto shut down

Maintenance/Repairs

pleasedodgevan November 2, 2008, 4:54am 8

Sorry, but this car has too many KM on it to allow it to be repaired. These cars were not very good to begin with and it will be easier to just replace it even if the damage is under $2000 to fix.

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Engine oil - too much? white smoke and auto shut down

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