To answer the question on the smoke, it is definitely white. I do have a manual transmission - Tremec 3550. No power brakes. When I shut the car down when I got home, the sidepipe was leaking an
oil /
antifreeze mixture onto the garage floor.
With regards to the compression test, would it be safe to say that if the compression test looks good that the culprit is the intake maniford gasket and not the head gasket? I am not sure if I can get the intake manifold off without damaging the gasket to see is that is where the problem is.
I have a lot of family commitments today but I will try to get that valve cover off either tonight or tomorrow night to see what is there. I took the cap off of my expansion take and the level is low but I didn't detect any
oil in there.