# 2013 Ford F-150 - White smoke

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-f-150-white-smoke/154169>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [December 6, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-f-150-white-smoke/154169 "2019-12-06T18:48:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![JohnC.Dimmock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@JohnC.Dimmock](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohnC.Dimmock)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-f-150-white-smoke/154169/1 "2019-12-06T18:48:44Z")

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truck hard to start when it hoes start a lot of white smoke from exhaust.

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**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-f-150-white-smoke/154169/2 "2019-12-06T20:52:11Z")

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White smoke is a sign of water, are you loosing coolant? Might be a bad head gasket

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**Author:** ![JohnC.Dimmock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@JohnC.Dimmock](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohnC.Dimmock)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-f-150-white-smoke/154169/3 "2019-12-06T22:04:12Z")

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Thank you very much !

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-f-150-white-smoke/154169/4 "2019-12-06T22:28:44Z")

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Or if it’s a diesel, injector pump issue.

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-f-150-white-smoke/154169/5 "2019-12-07T00:37:53Z")

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Diesel fuel in the gasoline will cause hard starting and smoke.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2013-ford-f-150-white-smoke/154169/6 "2019-12-07T02:56:02Z")

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When the weather is cold white smoke out the tailpipe at initial start-up is normal. Does it go away once the engine warms up?