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I'm not sure what you mean by "starting a flooded engine". Are you talking about getting too much gas during start up? If that's the case the motor usually won't start until enough gas gas has evaporated so it really won't start in a flooded condition but afterwards. With a manual choke and electric fuel pump the J/H is really hard to flood but even so I don't see how it could effect the head gasket, it could just be a coincidence.
Is the white stuff coming from the tailpipe smoke or steam? Steam indicates water smoke of course oil. A compression test will usually identify a blown head gasket and bubbles in the radiator can also be an indicator. Since your compression is good I wouldn't be in a big hurry to pull the head I'd try a couple of things first. I'd retorque the head to make sure it's tight then if there's no difference I'd try some stop leak.
Oh, one more thing has the coolant level been going down?