when I start my car in the am or after work there is white smoke until it warms...it seems more than normal and it has been doing it for a while..at first i was thinking it was the winter weather but now I m not sure. it goes away after about 20 minutes.
or appears to go away..

any thoughts or suggestions?

isn't white smoke usually from coolant

that'* what i was thinking but I am not loosing coolant...where are the possible places coolant can come from..

i know the intake is one

Yes and no. I had white smoke once too... Turned out to be the interanl element from my catalytic converter.

Are you loosing any coolant? If not, hold a piece of cardboard (or something like it) behind the exhaust pipe and have someone rev the engine up and down for a minute or two. Watch for anything comming ou tht pipe. If it sticks to the cardboard it is probably moisture such as coolant. If it bounces off the cardboard it may be the element from inside your converter.

Just something to try....

i just made a post about how my car won't rev above 3000 rpm and it just cuts out and sputters and no matter how much gas i give it, it can't puh it any higher..i was thinking converter problems..but i'll check and see..thanks for the tip

Your cat is show mmost likely.

Or from tranny fluid getting sucked into the intake through the shift modulator vacuum hose, if the diaphragm is leaky.

-b

It also has a gassy smell

ha....u said diaphragm


j/k

I have a 97 bonneville the does the same. Moisture in the muffler is the main reason it does that and once it warms up it will be gone. Coolant can also cause this but it looks kind of grey or white. I changed my muffler and o2 sensor and its solved.