smoking and not shifting

Asked by lessey92 Dec 19, 2015 at 03:27 PM about the 1999 Mercedes-Benz C-Class

Question type: General

Why is my car not shifting out of first gear and
putting out white smoke

1 Answer

If the white smoke is after the engine is warmed up then I would suspect that you have a bad head gasket.

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