I have white smoke coming out of my tail pipe

Asked by Darryl Feb 20, 2018 at 02:04 PM about the 1997 Toyota Camry XLE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

For a couple of days I haven’t noticed  white smoke
coming out of my tailpipe at first I thought it was
just because of the cold weather outside but now
that it’s a nice day today it’s about 75° out I turn my
car on and immediately big white smoke came out
of the tailpipe be then is gone later..I let the car run
for a  lil while an then it’s gone is that normal.. I’m
not a car guy an just got this car so I’m just curios
because it happens every morning on the first
start....idk what could the issue possibly be or what
do I need to look for I have a 1997 Toyota Camry
xlE four-cylinder

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The valve seals are dried out letting oil pass by when sitting. very common on Toyota 4 cylinders.may use some oil.

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