Smoke after Valve Cover Gasket Replacement

[remiasz]

I see that another forum member had a similar thing happen to them where there was oil in the spark plug wells. That's what my issue was when I was replacing the spark plugs. So I did change the valve cover gasket and torqued all the bolts to 71 in lb as per the service manual. I did clean the head to remove the build up. The next day when I started the car, about 5 min once the car was running I notice white smoke coming from below where the valve cover gasket is located. My guess is that it's just the old oil build up that I took off that fell in there. However, I did run the car for about 20 min and there is almost no smoke. Now however I am seeing smoke near the driver's side head light near the radiator. Can't tell where it's coming from. I did take videos to see if anyone has any ideas of what the issue could be. I did also top off the coolant when I finished up with the gasket work, and maybe some of it dripped down? Not sure but that's the background of the scenario. Thank you all! Also just to clarify i have the 1.8l lt auto.
Links to videos:
https://youtu.be/Sn3WSxnzgdI
https://youtu.be/X3xkQAXqjuw


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[JTee2017]

Hmm mm ...

 

[gnonne]

Second video... Coolant is obviously LOW. did you top it off to above the seam in the tank? You probably have a crack in the bottom of the tank and it is misting coolant out under pressure, looking like smoke. The plastic tank is a maintenance item on these cars...

First video... Smoke obviously wisping out from between the valve cover and head. The new valve cover gasket was not sealed and/or installed properly.