truck is blowin white smoke

[1971f100]

my truck is blowin white smoke from the exhaust on my 71 f100 someone told me it was the timing maybe the headgasket i just got a new carburetor distubutor and all new plugs anyone know what it might be?

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

Id say headgasket is the best bet if its white smoke and not just steam.

 

[smokey]

Pull your plugs and have a look at them. They will tell you if there is a leak into a cylinder by the color of the plug.

 

[LEB Ben]

White smoke means there's coolant being burned somewhere...so more than likely, a blown head gasket. Just checking, but this isn't only on start up right? If it is, it's probably just steam/condensation burn off.

 

[1971f100]

after it is started thats when it happens

 

[TexasRho83]

If it reaches operating temp and still does it, then I'd check your coolant level and/or see if you can smell coolant out the pipe. Some smoke during startup, isn't anything to sweat.

 

[1971f100]

thanks everyone ill see what happens and let you know

 

[5.0Flareside]

ok also along with a possible head gasket does your tranny shift good and at the right times? if not the modulator may be allowing fluid to get past it and the vacuum line pulls it into the engine and the engine burns it off. happened on my 88. thought i may had been a head gasket then the tranny started shifting crappy and it was the modulator valve. and it was doing just as i said allowing tranny fluid into the engine and it was burning off.

 

[1971f100]

yeh it shifts fine

 

[rambler]

my vote is headgasket.. but as everyone else said, if it stops right after start up it could just be condensation...