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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 03:51 PM
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Now my question is can a leaky injector cause mass amounts of smoke- I mean I can fog out a car 15 feet behind me on the street, on the highway the wind takes it away pretty much.

The truck does not even smoke when I start it up, but give it 30 seconds to a minute and poof its like its producing clouds..

All of this is in 20F or lower cause theres little to no smoke from the truck when it's above that.

Also the truck leaks/loses no coolant, I have an aftermarket temp gauge that reads 210 and the stock gauge still reading at O on normal(this seems to be the running temp since day 1), the exhaust smells normal not sweet or anything, and it drives just fine so I'm positive it isn't the headgasket. OH and the truck is a 5.0 if that makes a difference.

EDIT: also if it is the injectors I'm looking at 19LB mustang injectors that are refurbed on ebay cause its $100 since i've read else where those will work. I was just curious what other stuff i'd need if i do replace them like upper intake manifold gasket and what not?

And sorry for this clusterf*&k, in a huge rush and just wanted to leave this here till i get home tonight and see if there was any replys lol.

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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 03:57 PM
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What color smoke
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 06:10 PM
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It's white. also if it matters i have true duals with no cats.

Well ill post up a video here in a minute.

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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 06:39 PM
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It had been on a 40 minute drive before this and there still is this amount of smoke, to be honest it doesnt seem as bad when its parked. I feel like more of that white smoke looms around when im going taking off and going slow.

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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 06:51 PM
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I could be wrong but to me it just looks like the normal exhaust you see when it's really cold out do you see it when it's warm
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 07:00 PM
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No smoke at all when it's warm. It's just mind boggling though when I take off from a dead stop easy on the throttle it literally puts out enough exhaust that I cant even see the vehicle behind me.

I gotta find another person thats driving a f150 like mine and see how much smoke it spews because it just doesnt sit right with me.
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Rusty Ol'Red
No smoke at all when it's warm. It's just mind boggling though when I take off from a dead stop easy on the throttle it literally puts out enough exhaust that I cant even see the vehicle behind me.

I gotta find another person thats driving a f150 like mine and see how much smoke it spews because it just doesnt sit right with me.
My truck did the same when it was below zero out so I'm thinking that's it but maybe someone else will jump in with an opinion
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 08:03 PM
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Could be just water in the tank. Put a can of red heet or sea foam in it. One ounce per gal.
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 08:45 PM
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That looks normal to me.... Temp here was -7° without the wind chill, and mine was pumping out more than that. Its the same as seeing your breath.
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Old Jan 22, 2014 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Klinux13
That looks normal to me.... Temp here was -7° without the wind chill, and mine was pumping out more than that. Its the same as seeing your breath.
I was just concerned something was up, nearly no trucks/cars around my town spit out as much exhaust so it made me wonder.

And I've ran Berryman's chem tool every few tanks seeing as it's cheaper than Seafoam and she still puts out the same amount of smoke so I guess I'll just have to deal with it.

But on that note thanks for all the replys guys. You saved me a hundred for different parts to throw at it and I should be able to sleep a lil better knowing this seems to be the norm.

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