6.0 smoking

Noonman350 · Mar 28, 2016

Just bought an 06 6.0. With 59k on the motor... When I'm driving around I notice a haze of black smoke between shifts ( it's a manual ). Also, today when I left it idled while I was in a meeting at my office, and when I left about an hour later it was smoking white/slightly blue for about 5 miles then cleaned up... Is this normal? Or is something wrong? It's still under warranty... It's my first 6.0 so o don't know much about them.

Noonman350 · Mar 28, 2016

Motor is completely stock... Forgot to mention that.

valvetick · Mar 28, 2016

Is the truck ******d? Pull the egr valve and see if it's wet if it's not ******d. Also 6.0's don't like to sit and idle all day it's not a big rig you will gum up the vanes in the turbo doing that a lot.

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Noonman350 · Mar 29, 2016

No it's not ******d. I wasn't going to until my warranty was up. I'll check it out tomorrow

sootie · Mar 29, 2016

how does an 06 still have warranty?

Noonman350 · Mar 29, 2016

It's an aftermarket one than I got since it only had 56k when I bought it.

Noonman350 · Mar 30, 2016

Would a plugged oil cooler or egr do this?

Atsah · Mar 30, 2016

As said above, don't let a 6.0 idle for long periods of time, it's no good for them..

EGR valves on 6.0's are a PITA.. It is probably full of soot, when they get that way they cause problems that's why most people ****** them along with the cooler, the cooler is also worthless and causes nothing but problems..

Noonman350 · Mar 30, 2016

Ok I'll make sure I'm not doing that anymore. And I'm going to ****** the egr once that warranty is up I have. And who makes the oil cooler ******? I was wondering about running bullet proofs system cause I've heard they're nessicarnecissary if you tow with the truck...

Atsah · Mar 31, 2016

Does your extended warranty say you have to have all your repairs done at a Ford dealer? If not, I don't see why you couldn't ****** the EGR/cooler. Most garages couldn't care less, they just want to be paid for repairs..