I get white smoke on start up, once warm its fine but when i put my foot down a bit every now and then i get a bit of smoke

I do believe you are correct, but here's how the system works. You turn the switch on, the computer is activated, the temperature sending unit, sensor sends a signal to the computer that it's cold so the computer sends out a signal to the engine to go into cold start mode. The fuel is enriched into the cylinders by raisin the idle just a bit placing more fuel into each cylinder, and the idle is advanced by a little electric plunger at the throttle body. Once the engine has warmed, the water temperature sensor sends a message to the computer to take the engine out of cold start mode and into normal run. Now you can understand why the temperature sending unit/sensor is so vital to proper starting procedure. Replace the temp sending unit/sensor and she will work just fine. School's out. Time to go to work.

White smoke indicates water going through your engine or condensation in your exhaust. If it is a lot of smoke you probably have a small leak in your head gasket that seals back up as the engine warms and the materials expand. It will get worse as time goes on. If it's just a little smoke that doesn't last long it's probably condensation in your exhaust, especially if it's cold outside. Condensation is caused by the air cooling down in your exhaust after you shut down the engine.

White smoke in the exhaust is a sign of water in the engine. What is the level of the radiator? You may need a new head gasket or heads.

What happening is you have a bad head gasket or its starting to go bad. As long a little oil is getting in to cylinders causing that smoke once it warms up that gasket is expanding thus the smoke stops. I would keep an eye on oil levels if it gets milky replace gasket asap. Could also be intake gasket but highly doubt it this sounds like a worn head gasket.

Would you have more info on that? White smoke is typically a sign of coolant burning unless its just the typical smoke from a car warming up. You could have a very small head gasket leak that allows a bit of coolant into the cylinders when the engine cools down,(gap gets bigger) and when it warms up it seals up again. Also related to a hard start if coolant is fouling the spark plugs. The clanky sound, is it permanent or does it come and go?

white smoke out of the exhaust would be a sign that it is burning coolant... if it goes away after it warms up, it could just be condensation inside the exhaust pipe. 1800 rpm is a very high idle, maybe have your IAC motor on the throttle body checked... check engine light? if so have the code read at your local auto zone.

Did you change spark plugs wires? fuel filter? I do not know if your car has MAF sensor, but if it does, clean it. Use CRC- Mass Air Flow Sensor cleaner. also check Spark Plugs Gap and coil (s)

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OK.....sounds like its flooded thats all......Put the battery on charge to ensure its fully charged,Un clip the top of the air filter housing so it is loose and you can see the filter. put your foot to the floor on the accelerator pedal and crank the engine,keep it cranking and cranking until it actually fires up,even when its trying to and it sounds to have fired up,wait until it actually starts to rev up then stop cranking and release the pedal,it may pop and bang through the air filter pipework and it also may smoke at first but once its warmed up a bit take it for a spin.The stability control light will come on because of a drop in battery voltage and should go out when its started up....hope that helps