White smoke

[8879gw]

Hi all i have a 2000 ford galaxy 1.9 115hp

When starting cold when i turn ignition on i can hear what i can only describe as air pushing through liquid. When i try and start it it is really rough rattling like mad for about 3 seconds then runs fine except it has white smoke coming out of the exhaust for about 5-8 seconds maybe

Any help would be massively appreciated 🙏🏼 Im going out of my mind

[johnnyroper]

That noise will be the in tank pump operating.

As for the white smoke and rough running now itââ,¬â,,¢s cold could well be glow plug fault, you can get a meter on them to check resistance but you might aswell change them anyway if they have been in a while.

[Kent]

Hello! Have you check cooling water don't sink.

When it's white smoke it's water
blue smoke oil
black smoke to much fuel.

[johnnyroper]

White smoke is also unburnt fuel like when glow plugs knackered,black smoke is over fuelling/lack of air from boost leak etc.

[gregers]

im goner ask the question............
it is coming out the rear exhaust and not the aux heater??

[Dr Muse]

I had very similar and it was three of the 4 glow plugs that had gone south. Amazed it still started tbh!