When sitting for awhile
The good news this is a very common issue.This BMW has an oil separator Valve (OSV) in the intake manifold. When it inevitably fails (usually right at 10 years old) the result is white smoke at startup with no other symptoms. Have a good independent shop replace this very common part.
White smoke on start up can be lots of raw fuel
White Smoke any other time is a failed Head Gasket
& major repair
Check to see if your coolant goes down in the plastic
container overnight
It is normal, after sitting for a while, that all cars exhaust white smoke. this is due to water vapor warming , as the engine and exhaust components warm up.
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