The white «smoke» that you saw is almost certainly actually steam from
the coolant boiling over.
Not exact matches
When we got back home,
coolant was
boiling over.
When the car first came to me, it was running a temperature (temperature gauge about 2/3 of the way up),
coolant was
boiling over in the overflow tank, no CEL.
The
coolant temp slowly creeps up until it
boils over.
Given that this happened while sitting in traffic and went away as soon as you got up to speed, I believe the issue is your radiator fan (s) Since you
boiled over, check your
coolant when the engine has cooled down.
I pull the car
over and the
coolant is
boiling like crazy.
During the flush and fill, rust, corrosion, and contaminated engine
coolant are removed, and the cooling system is refilled with the appropriate ratio of water and
coolant to protect against freezing,
boil -
over, and corrosion.