Head gasket, Oil Separator, or something else

[mrbmwx5]

alots of white smoke from tailpipe is oil separator fail.
smoke under the hood is blown valve cover gasket
you should change the valve cover gasket too while you at it.
(if it blown head gasket your car be in the overheat mode.)

[BMWX54.4]

Originally Posted by mrbmwx5

alots of white smoke from tailpipe is oil separator fail.
smoke under the hood is blown valve cover gasket
you should change the valve cover gasket too while you at it.
(if it blown head gasket your car be in the overheat mode.)

For some reason i had the problem only today when i had to go to my school to drop of some papers. I pulled the car out of the parking and i relized i couldnt go in reverse until i hit the gas half way down and then slowly it started to go. And same with Drive. I went to my school like that and then when i came home i noticed there was some sorta smell like oil or gasket. I had no idea what it was. i popped the hood and there was little white smoke of the left side of the engine coming out. After i saw that i shut the engine off and still smoke was coming out.

I MrBMWX5 is correct its my blown valve cover gasket.