White smoke please help!!!

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72BugMan
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White smoke please help!!!

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Hello guys

I've got a 72 beetle 1600 thats was standing for about 2-3 weeks maybe more i came to start it the other day in one of the plugs died No3 but i had to use the car on 3 cylinders and i drove about 4-5 km then its been parked since sunday and today i bought a new plug put it in (the old one was wet with petrol) and now my car is blowing white smoke out my exhaust pipe.

Please help me, is it bad or is it just old fuel burning out and should i take it for a nice drive?

Thanks


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Re: White smoke please help!!!

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Think its just oil and fuel residue from your dead plug.

Fit a new plug, and take it for a long run, so the engine gets to full temp.

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Re: White smoke please help!!!

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Thank you and i'm going to do that now
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