White smoke on startup but only sometimes – head gasket or just condensation?

White smoke on startup but only sometimes – head gasket or just condensation?

by Brittany Cole -

Really hoping someone here can calm my nerves because I've been losing sleep over this. I have a 2012 Pajero with about 170k on it and for the past week or so ...

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Really hoping someone here can calm my nerves because I've been losing sleep over this. I have a 2012 Pajero with about 170k on it and for the past week or so I've noticed white smoke from the exhaust when I first start it in the morning, but it goes away completely after maybe a minute of driving. No overheating, no milky oil cap, coolant level seems fine too. A buddy of mine said it could be valve seals but another person told me I should take it to proper mussafah engine repair specialists before it turns into something catastrophic like a blown head gasket. I'm just confused because if it was the head gasket wouldn't the smoke keep happening all the time? Also no sweet smell that I can tell. Anyone else had this scare and turned out to be nothing serious? Really don't want to open up the engine if it's just normal winter condensation.