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I have read for hours trying to find some one in the same situation as me.
My truck is blowing white smoke from the exhaust pipe. After approx 10 minutes of driving, the smoke stops. This only happens 1-3 times a week and I drive the truck to work daily and I cannot seem to connect the issue to weather temperature or humidity. I did have to fill my coolant yesterday. I bought the truck used about 1 month ago and dont have much of a basis for comparison when it comes to power loss either. It appears to have an aftermarket intake, exhaust and I can only assume it is programmed too. I am leaning toward the EGR cooler, but I would think that would be more consistent and not so intermittent.
Not sure with the EGR cooler, but if you're getting white smoke and you've had to add coolant, you are sending coolant through the exhaust. Possibly a head gasket leak which is alowing coolant to enter the cylinder. I am no Ford mechanic so this may be worst case senerio. Has it been hard to start lately or especially when you see the white smoke? do you see any oil in the degas bottle? is there any water in the crakecase oil?
Last edited by teamroper60 : 01-31-2010 at 08:38 PM.
Clogged oil cooler and a leaking EGR cooler. Park the truck so that the front is lower then the rear by 6 inches or so. In the morning pull the EGR valve and see if wet sludge is in the hole. Thats a leaking cooler. The previous owner might have known this and unloaded the truck. Your rolling dice when you buy a 6.0 that someone was adding performance products.
The smoke became consistent and I ended up having to fill my coolant after I saw the engine overheating. I took it to the shop and they confirmed the EGR cooler was leaking.
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I Feel for Ya! My truck just started belching white smoke tonight! No power loss runs good but really pukes like a mosquitto fogger under acceleration! It's 30deg. outside and the heater won't blow hot either? truck running at normal temp!
95k miles '04 truck Don't mean to hyjack this thread but havn't written in a while and couldn't figure how to start a new one??? Just driving down the road and holy crap foggin everyone out! And no heat from the heater??? Engine oil clean will check coolant level in AM 3ft of snow outside in N. AZ
Thanks for any input.
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Fire-D sounds like you to may have a bad egr cooler (worst case head gasket). The reason you arent getting heat is because your coolant is probably low. As L-SS stated above, run it to normal operating temp, then park it with the nose down hill overnight then pull the egr valve and see if you have coolant sitting in the hole, if so its a bad cooler, if not its prob going to be the head gaskets.
Hey joshr33 thanks for the input! Not sure how to pull the EGR valve or where it is. I know that they have put at least 3 of them in this truck since I bought it new! All Ford service under warranty. Still have an after market warranty on it to 140k and 3 more years. Will it hurt to drive it 40 miles to the dealer?
Also it's parked for the night was warm and running good but it's not on a 6" downhill?
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2004 F250 XLT CC LB 4x4 Auto,Fx4,Camper&Tow Pkg, 3:73LS Born 04/04
TRADED IT: 96 F250 XLT 4x4 supercab 5spd 355gears LB 110K miles; DIY Donaldson air filter. Man.hubs; DP is finally in.; gutted EBPV; Will gut CAT next.
Ford now states that ANY EGR cooler that has failed demands that the oil cooler also be replaced.
Read up on threads about oil cooler failures and you can get the specifics about the how and why of this problem.
Long story short is that you can temporarily solve the problem with more OEM parts (less initial cost) or choose the bulletproofdiesel (more initial cost) solution and cure the problem.
It all depends on if you're planning on keeping the vehicle.
Just got my truck back from the dealer after repairs fro the identical symptoms that you have. They replaced the EGR Valve; EGR Cooler; Oil Cooler and Fuel Pressure Regulator. They tried to tell me I was losing coolant thru the radiator cap - I told them to get me another tech and check the EGR Cooler - he found the problem and fixed it.
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