Help me please!

[WhtTrshPunk]

I noticed a month or two ago my car puffed out a little white smoke when I took off from a stop sign. Didn't think much of it as it didn't happen again for a while. Not it does it every time I take off and when I got home from work today it was smoking even at idle. Also, it's making a knocking noise which I would define as "not good". So A) What do you think I'm looking at and B) I need some recommendations on engine parts for the KA24DE because I'm considering doing a full rebuild in light of these recent developments. Pistons, connecting rods, camshafts, head studs, rings, valves and retainers etc. Help. Thanks.

[float_6969]

Is it white smoke or bluish white smoke? If it's plain white smoke, it's coolant, which probabally means a bad headgasket. If it's bluish white, then it's probabally oil, and could be any number of things. Depending on where the knocking is coming from you either have bad lifter/aren't getting enough oil, or you have damaged something internally (spun bearing, ect.) Do you have any way to check your oil pressure?

[WhtTrshPunk]

No way to check oil pressure...but the smoke is just white. The knocking/rattling sound gets worse when I let off the throttle. Like when I'm driving you can hear it in the background so to speak but when I let off to shift it gets louder. Also the higher up in RPM's I am the louder it is during closed throttle.