I would suspect white smoke as either coolant or trans fluid.

Monitoring the respective levels would show which was being consumed.

I'd suggest disconnecting the vacuum line to the trans modulator and see if that stops the smoke. Otherwise, it points to a coolant leak, which is more dire.

Jim

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