cold start smoke video

[dieselkane]

hey. is this amount of smoke normal, for a truck starting at 22 degrees? the blueish smoke at first? normal right?
video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96udPXeBv1M

[vitalidle]

Mine smokes more then that when its cold, but its not blueish white but all white. Usually clears up after 5-10 seconds.

[rajharley]

I do not know if I would be too worried about that. It looks like it clears up pretty fast. I have had mine blow the white smoke like that on a cold morning start at about 40 degrees. I'll let one of the techs chime in on this one.

[dieselkane]

by the way this is not my truck. i was going to put a cold start vid up of mine starting, but i found one that starts just like mine.

[vitalidle]

Its mostly unburnt fuel at startup

[huhner5]

Mine is way worse than that..WAY WORSE.. likes 5 mins of ALOT of white smoke... it only does it with the cold fix tune in it from djs... no idea why? Any one have any idea

[vitalidle]

White smoke:
Caused by unburned fuel passing through the engine. Some white smoke is normal on cold start-ups.
Excessive white smoke could be an indication of inoperative glow plugs, loose injectors, low compression from worn rings or bent connecting rods, or coolant leak into the cylinders--head gasket or injector well sleeves.

[huhner5]

hmmm... none of that sounds good.... but how come does it only do it on the cold fix tune.... on regular tunes it only does a little smoke like on the video

[vitalidle]

If its from tuning then its just unburnt fuel. Not sure why the cold fix tune isn't working. If I go back to stock there is no white smoke on my truck at startup.

[huhner5]

ya on stock there is only a puff when its cold.... regular tunes just a little more... then on cold fix it is unreal and idles rough till warm.... still havent gotten the inductive heat stratagy yet from ford... hope that helps a clear things up