Hey steve maybe you can help me , alittel bit a ago a guy was having white smoke come out of his explorer , i just had the same thing with a 2000 expedition , ton of white smoke and there was hardly any coolant left in the plastic tank , and the oil was real low . I just got it out of the shop for over heating problems . I bought it a month or so ago and put 1200 into fixing that problem , please text me 215-804-5544 0r pm me or email zman025@gmail.com the guy that worked on it really doesnt me to do anything he wants to put a new motor in it