is my truck about to sh*t the bed?

NCPowerStroke · May 5, 2013

04 f250 with 73300 miles..

1)degas bottle spewing coolant
2)little puff of white smoke on start up

3)tried to start my truck this morning..it didnt the first or second try. third try it cranked up

heres where it gets real fun...

4) tonight i went and parked in sand to attempt and spin tires...notice in my side mirror...sparks coming out the exhaust pipe.. wtf

what the hell guys?

NCPowerStroke · May 5, 2013

heads? turbo? egr? causing this... its super serious its my DD and i dont have another

01PSD · May 5, 2013

Well that's probably not good. LOL

NCPowerStroke · May 5, 2013

i got a video of it if i can figure out how to upload the thing off my phone..

Ad8 PRODIGY · May 5, 2013

Post it on youtube and post a link here

GO BIG OR GO HOME · May 5, 2013

Sparks from the tailpipe? Seriously?

sent while doing burnouts somewhere in the country

NCPowerStroke · May 5, 2013

i couldnt believe it either dude. i first saw it and thought it was a house light behind me...nope. i wish i had some one on the outside of the truck to record it.

kingranchstroker · May 5, 2013

Well the sparks are most likely your turbo goin out. The white smoke is probably head gaskets gone...

WILD_PHIL · May 5, 2013

I was thinking its the turbo also. Maybe the shaft scit the bed and is allowing the wheel to hit the housing?

Lassie · May 8, 2013

I believe I'd park it and stop making recordings of it. That turbo could start feeding oil soon.....then it will be a real cool video!

01PSD · May 8, 2013

Lassie said:
I believe I'd park it and stop making recordings of it. That turbo could start feeding oil soon.....then it will be a real cool video!

On second thought.. keep recording! LOL

Jeremyleggett07 · May 8, 2013

White smoke upon idle but clears up when accelerated is a sign of turbo crapping out too.

6.0 p-stroke · May 8, 2013

Sounds like you're having turbo issues. Pull the intake off the turbo (with the engine OFF), grab the compressor wheel and try to move it, spin it, ect.

DHFF · May 8, 2013

Sounds like what mine did when the head gaskets went other than the sparks. I'd say anything causing sparks out the tail is a turbo issue and I would shut down IMMEDIATELY. My 03 turbo took a crap when it stuck at max boost and sent all kinds of stuff places it wasn't supposed to go including oil and parts of compressor/turbine blades.