White Smoke coming from exhaust and dipstick 1996 850R Topic is solved

[crider]

My 850R randomly had a rough startup followed with a lot of white smoke from the exhaust. I thought it was a head gasket so i've done all the things to dignose it. I took the spark plugs out they looked fine, no residue or sign of coolant on oil cap or the dipstick. I Drained the oil and it looks fine not like chocalate milk... so I did a compression test(the one with the fluid) and it appered to have passed. because there was also smoke coming from the dipstick I also took the pcv off, It was not clogged and its also only a couple months old. Not to sure what to do no the car also only has 96k miles on it.. Any Ideas??

[scot850]

It could be a brake master cylinder/booster leak allowing brake fluid to leak into the intake via the vacuum line.

Neil.