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Old May 19, 2010 | 11:57 AM
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At my start up I am blowing white smoke at first which does disapates. Does this mean I am burning oil in the engine? It seems to been going on since my batteries died and i was trying to get it started after multiple times with no luck after cranking. Maybe some oil sitting in exhaust ssytem burning off or is it something i should be concerned with. I checked oil level and still the same as when i changed it over 2 months ago. Any help?
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 06:56 PM
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White smoke usually means water in the system. Oil smoke is usually blue.
 
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Old May 19, 2010 | 07:13 PM
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I had that issue with my 2004 6.0 after a below zero winter night and I left her outside and did not plug it in. The next day it took 5-6 times to get her to go and then she smoke (white) like a smoke-bomb on the 4th of July.

I would have put her in the garage that night and plug it in, but I had too many beers and had my own issue getting in the house that night!


Its all good, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

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Old May 20, 2010 | 05:32 AM
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Your truck is ONLY 10 and its smoking? I thought you had to be 18 to smoke? :-)
 
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Old May 20, 2010 | 09:53 AM
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Go do some reading in the 7.3L section, it's likely that your glow plug system may need some checking. Does it smell like fuel?
 
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