-20 celcius and white smoke ??????

[rdodger]

hey, right now its -20 with the windchill and when i first start my truck it blows white smoke from exhaust and continues for a while down the road until it heats up real good , i'm not losing coolant and truck runs great otherwise. just wondering if this is normal with a diesel in real cold weather or do i have a huge problem . thanx a bunch for all your input in advance . i should also tell you that i'm running erics extreme street and until yesterday i had my egr valve unplugged but found out it was off in erics tune anyway so plugged it back in .

[big sig]

Yeah itll blow white smoke for a little bit when it starts up. When I go to start my truck today. Its -12C here today and Ill probably just let mine sit for about 15 minutes and idle before I try to go. Mine normally smokes for a 1 or 2 minutes.

[rdodger]

ya thats what was going on before and now it doesnt stop after 20 min warm up and continues down the road . i have been idling a bit more at work and heard on here that can cause problems but i'm starting to think its the friggin egr cooler or something else serious

[lacooks]

that is the usual condensation burn off from the pipes cooling then reheating rapidly... if you are losing coolant it would more of a milky white smoke.. if the egr cooler was leaking

[rdodger]

ok so its normal ? it didnt start until it really got cold in the last couple days

[pwrstroke6john]

Yes it is normal in the cold weather, both of our 6.0s will blow white smoke for a while when its freezing