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Old Feb 11, 2005 | 10:50 AM
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360 blowing blue smoke

New to the website, I have a 73 f-250 with 360. It is blowing blue/white smoke out the passenger side exhaust. Any Idea what it might be.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2005 | 11:16 AM
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Does it do it right away at startup, or after running a while?

If it doesn't do it right away, but does it after driving for a while, it might be a head drain that clogged up, and the excess oil is going down the valve-guides.

Otherwise, since it's only one side, sounds like a cracked piston or severely "wiped" cylinder.
 
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Old Feb 11, 2005 | 11:28 AM
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Do a compression test on all the cylenders, coolant leakdown test and go from there.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2005 | 09:27 PM
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thank for the imput

does it after it startes to warm up
 
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Old Feb 14, 2005 | 12:37 AM
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Check out this link:

http://www.co.broward.fl.us/aqi03202.htm
 
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Old Feb 14, 2005 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by bluesky636
Besides the other correct (very) generic info on that page, what's a bad exhaust manifold got to do with blue smoke?
 
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Old Feb 14, 2005 | 04:53 PM
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Don't know. That site used to have more useful info on it. Looks like its been dumbed down. Time to delete it from my favorites, I guess.
 
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