Paul018

Since it will be about a month before Dealer Service Department will look at car I thought I might throw this out there to see if anyone has seen this issue before. The car has about nine thousand miles on it and about three years old.
The car will turn over okay and after about ten seconds it idles real rough, stalls out and lot of white smoke coming out of exhaust. Not dashboard warning lights. Very frustrating for a $150 k car. Any thoughts or suggestions would be most appreciated.

ipse dixit

Fuel line?

Paul018

I was thinking that or bad fuel? I had it out yesterday no issues.

22992

What color is the smoke? Low on coolant? Oil?

Paul018

White Smoke. In last week for service (oil change). I hope they didn’t screw anything up

nyca

White smoke usually indicates coolant in the combustion chamber. This is not a good observation.

gellie

or a new Pope

Paul018

Two of the Dealer service departments said they never heard of this issue in a 2020. I assuming this is a serious issue and the second one with this car in three years Probably will get rid of it.

22992

lol…the pope is dead. New one is german

gellie

Why? The car is still under warranty?

Paul018

Still under warranty. A board member recommended a dealership in Greater Boston area to take it to.

22992

This

Guzzgreg

Head gasket

jhenson29

How do you option Pope detection? Is surround Pope available or is it just rear Pope? Will I still be able to sell the car if I didn’t option this?

DC911S

Take a look at the coolant in the the reservoir tank, if it’s looks like chocolate milk…you’ve got problems in the cooling system.