white smoke

[Shopping4Ty]

A little white smoke comes from my exhaust when I start the Ty. Should I worry????

 

[GM TURBO]

Valve seals - not a big deal - pain in the ass to fix.

 

[TyGuyJeff]

Might be a head gasket. Blue smoke is common for valve seals on the 4.3.

 

[Phoon30]

Might just be condensation in the exhaust system. Does it happen every time you start it? Or just when the truck is cold?

 

[TheObiJuan]

checked your turbo lately?
what color is the smoke?

 

[Shopping4Ty]

white smoke

i think it still did it a little when the the truck was still kind of warm

 

[cr133r]

With synthetic oils, it will look pretty close to white.... Really hard to distinguish between water and oil...

Are you losing water at all? If not, most likely valve seals.

 

[Makaveli]

At Nationals this year I noticed most of these trucks blew a little smoke..

 

[bigjohn]

jesus christ you guys! the only thing bad is the valve seals. :roll:

 

[Rick_From_Mi]

My TY blows smoke when started only when cold. Is this bad valve seals also?

Thanks


-Rick

 

[myclone]

My TY blows smoke when started only when cold. Is this bad valve seals also?

Thanks


-Rick

More than likely yes.. or condensation from the temp difference in the outside air and exhaust gasses.

Valve seal probs should go away in ~10 seconds or less IMO..