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Anonymous Posted on Nov 27, 2012

Ford focus tdci white smoke problems

2006 ford focus white smoke from the exhaust when i start the car but after 15 minutes drive the smoke disappears.when the engine cools down the same smoke starts again

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When cold weather you will see some white smoke and steam from exhaust until engine warm until engine warm up. if white smoke very heavy like cloud head gasket leaking a little.

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What happening is you have a bad head gasket or its starting to go bad. As long a little oil is getting in to cylinders causing that smoke once it warms up that gasket is expanding thus the smoke stops. I would keep an eye on oil levels if it gets milky replace gasket asap. Could also be intake gasket but highly doubt it this sounds like a worn head gasket.

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    If it is a bad head gasket, does the car lose power?My car has no lost power but it releases a cloud of white smoke from the exhaust. When i drive for a while, the white smoke disappears.When i switch off the engine for about 10 min and then start the car again, the car starts smoking again.

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If the white smoke is from unburned fuel, it can be caused by any of the following.
Low compression caused by worn or damaged piston rings, a blown head gasket or a cracked head.
Poorly injected fuel caused by a faulty or leaking injector or from a faulty fuel pump.
A badly timed engine, there may be a possibility of the cam belt having jumped a toot if it is worn.

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hi white smoke is from coolant in the cylnders bed head gasket.blueish white smoke is oil in the cylnders either bad valve seals or bad piston rings.must rebuild engine or heads.

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