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Old Nov 27, 2017 | 10:42 AM
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2.7 Smoke at startup

2016 2.7. 20K miles. I took the truck to the dealer at 7K miles for "smoke at startup", which they couldn't reproduce. It won't smoke if started daily. It must sit 3-4 days for this to happen. The photos don't do it justice; the smoke consumes my garage. At startup, the exhaust is clean for a couple seconds, then It will belch smoke for 10-15 seconds before clearing up. I told the mechanics this but the found nothing, because they only let it sit one night.

Is this a valve guide bleeding down? I've had vehicles with bad valve guides/seals and they only puke smoke for a couple seconds. Something in the turbo bleeding, and increasing over time? I'm not totally convinced it's oil, but it sure seems excessive for "rich startup".

No codes I can find using my OBDii adapter and the Torque app.

Oil consumption isn't obvious. I change every 3500 miles. The oil does smell gassy. I should send in for analysis

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Hard to be sure from the photos but what color is the smoke, black, gray, white, etc.?
 
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Grey/blue which leads me to think it's oil but it doesn't smell as such. I may have to drag a Ford tech to my garage
 
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