My mazda 626 keeps overheating and has a little white smoke emerging from under the hood?
The oil light also flashes every now and again. The oil, however, is full. So is the coolant. This started yesterday. I got the car out of the shop exactly one month ago for a replaced head gasket, timing belt and water pump.. so i doubt that would the problem (again).. but at this point I’m not really sure what to look at. Any advice would be great. It’s a 2002 mazda 626. A: That white smoke isn’t smoke, it’s vaporized/atomized coolant. You could have a blown head gasket (second worst case) or a cracked head (worst case). Or you might also just have a bad thermostat, bad water pump, a bad fan, or a bad radiator (like it could be clogged with rust or other crud). Even though the water pump and head gasket were replaced, they could have screwed it up (particularly the head gasket, by using the wrong part, or by torqueing the bolts in the wrong order or to the wrong torque spec), or you could have gotten a defective part. Also your problem may have been misdiagnosed as the head gasket to
