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Sep 25, 2012 | 07:25 PM

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I've got a 06 6.0 with 75k miles on it, bone stock with just a straight pipe, but I've noticed lately that when I cold start it it idles blueish/white smoke but seems to stop after it gets warmed up. It isn't running bad or cutting out or spitting and sputtering its just idling blue/white smoke after I start it up, any thoughts?

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Sep 25, 2012 | 08:49 PM

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What's the air temp ? What's it smell like, diesel, oil, sweet like coolant?

Sep 25, 2012 | 08:52 PM

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I'm not sure on the air temp, but it does smell funny when it's first started kind of a diesel/watery smell, but I don't have any loss of power

Sep 25, 2012 | 08:56 PM

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Water as in coolant. ???.

Sep 25, 2012 | 09:01 PM

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Water as in coolant. ???.

I'll be more specific----- does it smell like antifreeze? ???????????

Sep 25, 2012 | 09:04 PM

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No it does not

Sep 25, 2012 | 09:10 PM

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Oh good for you, dodged that Bullet Proof Cooler!

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Sep 25, 2012 | 09:39 PM

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That probably is it, it's almost due for an oil change as well, do you have an egr delete on your truck?

Sep 25, 2012 | 09:51 PM

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Funny you would ask that. I live in California and had it Smog checked yesterday. So the answer Is no delete. As a matter of fact I have 162,500 miles on original EGR' and Oil Coolers

Sep 25, 2012 | 10:06 PM

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Ah yes California has all those air pollution regulations don't they? Can you have a straight pipe at all? That's pretty impressive 162k on stock oil coolers and egr, do you do a lot of towing?

Sep 26, 2012 | 07:05 PM

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Ah yes California has all those air pollution regulations don't they? Can you have a straight pipe at all? That's pretty impressive 162k on stock oil coolers and egr, do you do a lot of towing?

No straight pipes allowed, they send you to political reeducation camp if caught with one. Don't tow anymore, had a 32' 5er but Wall Street took that along with part of the Annuity Trust Fund. and my wife's job. I do some heavy hauling, units of plywood, big Glu'-Lam Beams and so forth. The trick to engine longevity is knowing what your engines doing. Most of us use a ScanGauge 2 to monitor the motor. You can pull codes with it and it gives realtime data from most of the engines systems. $170.00 at autozone. Don't leave home without it.