Puzzling white smoke
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Puzzling white smoke
I've been googling for about 3 hours now, and no answers for the gassers, just diesels. When I start my excursion (v10) it pours white smoke for a while, then stops. It does this every time I start it no matter how far I go or how long it sits.
There is plenty of coolant in it and I've never had to top it off, so I don't think it is getting coolant in the cylinder. With that much smoke it wood definitely need coolant if that's what it was. Oil consumption is kind of high in my opinion, but the smoke smells rich.
Any ideas?
There is plenty of coolant in it and I've never had to top it off, so I don't think it is getting coolant in the cylinder. With that much smoke it wood definitely need coolant if that's what it was. Oil consumption is kind of high in my opinion, but the smoke smells rich.
Any ideas?
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Don't know where you live but if it has been getting real cold recently could just be condensation if you aren't losing coolant.
Sorry if this seems like a dumb answer, but I lost my mind my first winter with my 6.0 thinking that my headgaskets were toast and I was hemorrhaging coolant - Toreador Diesel enlightened me to the fact that the cold around here will make it "smoke" (aka steam) for awhile. Young and naive newer driver I guess, I know better now - but that's how it is with everything I read here at FTE.
Sorry if this seems like a dumb answer, but I lost my mind my first winter with my 6.0 thinking that my headgaskets were toast and I was hemorrhaging coolant - Toreador Diesel enlightened me to the fact that the cold around here will make it "smoke" (aka steam) for awhile. Young and naive newer driver I guess, I know better now - but that's how it is with everything I read here at FTE.
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Here was my smoke for reference before Tor enlightened me. As you can see it can really blow some steam in the cold - will go away after a few minutes of driving but will reappear on restart after sitting for a bit. Does not happen in the summer here.
Hope that's all it is for you, good luck.
Cheers,
Nate
Hope that's all it is for you, good luck.
Cheers,
Nate
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Gasoline burning creates moisture and if the Air temperature is below freezing the warming exhaust will produce steam or 'White smoke' until the engine is warm enough to lean the gas/fule mixture and it will go away, unless it's really really cold. Diesels even do the same below 10°F.
A nose test isn't a bad idea just for reassurance, walk through the 'smoke' and if it smells sweet like antifreeze you have a problem but if it's just exhaust or no smell it's steam.
A nose test isn't a bad idea just for reassurance, walk through the 'smoke' and if it smells sweet like antifreeze you have a problem but if it's just exhaust or no smell it's steam.
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Gasoline burning creates moisture and if the Air temperature is below freezing the warming exhaust will produce steam or 'White smoke' until the engine is warm enough to lean the gas/fule mixture and it will go away, unless it's really really cold. Diesels even do the same below 10°F.
A nose test isn't a bad idea just for reassurance, walk through the 'smoke' and if it smells sweet like antifreeze you have a problem but if it's just exhaust or no smell it's steam.
A nose test isn't a bad idea just for reassurance, walk through the 'smoke' and if it smells sweet like antifreeze you have a problem but if it's just exhaust or no smell it's steam.
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Here was my smoke for reference before Tor enlightened me. As you can see it can really blow some steam in the cold - will go away after a few minutes of driving but will reappear on restart after sitting for a bit. Does not happen in the summer here.
6.0 smoke at cold start - YouTube
6.0 Diesel Blowing White Smoke - YouTube
Hope that's all it is for you, good luck.
Cheers,
Nate
6.0 smoke at cold start - YouTube
6.0 Diesel Blowing White Smoke - YouTube
Hope that's all it is for you, good luck.
Cheers,
Nate
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Just throwing this out there; could, whatever the V10 uses for a cold start enrichment sensor (in the old days the choke), be sticking or defective so each time the vehicle is started it 'activates'?
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That should all be electronic. Idle air control and amount of fuel are PCM controlled
, for cold startups.
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