white smoke at start up..

[Kirk250]

Hi everyone just was wondering if I could get some input on my truck... at start up I have white smoke and I'm loosing engine coolant but I'm not puking it out of the degas bottle..
I just installed head studs about 4 months.. I'm thinking it's a head gasket I messed up when I did head gaskets but I wanted to get your opinion... thanks in advance.

 

[ckrueg]

Do you still have the egr coolers? Also have you run it hard since you studded it

 

[Kirk250]

egr coolers have been removed and I drove it nice for the first couple hundred miles and then I ran it hard, then that's when this issue started.. thanks for getting back to me

 

[Delaware6.4]

When you turn the truck off there might be pressure in the system pushing coolant into 1 or more cylinders due to gasket failure. When u start the truck, you see what has entered the cylinder(s) being burned off. I'm no expert but I have read your kind of story more than once and that's the answer that sounded pretty legit to me

 

[Delaware6.4]

Dude that did my studs said go 1000 miles minimum before I start beatin it. (That's what she said haha)

 

[Kirk250]

Thanks I figured it was a head gasket... just wanted to get more opinions on this... I'll be pulling the cab again it looks like... I'll probably add a couple more things while I'm in there...