White smoke with excessive water out muffler

Tiny
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White smoke at start up. Went undercarriage and seen a stream of constant water out the muffler right before the tail end small hole in muffler.
Monday, October 23rd, 2017 AT 6:50 PM

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Tiny
HARRY P
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Sounds like you have a blown cylinder head gasket. Check your engine oil. If it is muddy/milky/chocolate milky, then water has seeped into the combustion chambers and also into the oil pan. Usually, this happens after the engine has been overheated. Here is our guide on how to properly check for a blown head gasket: https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test

Hope this information helps.
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Monday, October 23rd, 2017 AT 7:01 PM
Tiny
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Darn, I was afraid someone would say that. Yes everything you explained on what it might look like is all correct. Thanks
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2017 AT 12:16 AM
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KEN L
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Nice work HEYMAN1104

Please let us know what happens.

Cheers, Ken
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2017 AT 5:22 PM

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