Bad Valve Seals - I had a 1984 car that, after 140K miles or so, started to belch blue smoke when I started it up in the morning. It would quit after a few minutes. I was told it was valve seals which let oil leak into the cylinder. Soon as it burned off, it was OK.
This vehicle isn't old enough or have enough miles on it to have these problems. It hasn't been abused in any way by me. And if you think I haven't changed the oil on a regular basis you are dead wrong. This motor is JUNK.
The truck blows out blue/black smoke upon a cold start up. It started around 15,000 miles and still does it. The truck has just over 28,000 miles on it now. I have had it at three different Ford dealerships, a total of five times in the shop between them. None of them can figure out the reason why. One dealership had the balls to tell me that I used the wrong brand of oil until I told the jackass I put Motorcraft oil in it. It's not throwing any codes so they all said nothing can be done to troubleshoot the problem.
Starting about 2 months ago and only on cold starts blue smoke is coming from the exhaust. I suspect it's a pcv valve. It's brief and doesn't reoccur until the engine is completely cold. This truck is serviced regularly and has only 45000 miles.
- Dwayne R.,
Fall Branch, TN, US
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This vehicle isn't old enough or have enough miles on it to have these problems. It hasn't been abused in any way by me. And if you think I haven't changed the oil on a regular basis you are dead wrong. This motor is JUNK.
- Mike S., Norfolk, NE, US