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1993 5.0 losing power blowing blue smoke
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jkiel
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Feb 20, 2013, 6:41 PM
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1993 5.0 losing power blowing blue smoke
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1993
ford
f 150 xlt lariet 4 wheel drive
5.0
174,000
i was driving down the road and all of the sudden the truck started losing power and sputtering and blowing blue smoke out of the exhaust i down shifted from od to d and it did get some more power but still not back to normal i have replaced the cap,rotor plugs and wires planning on replacing fuel filter the truck does nat have any tailpipes on it so i don't know if it is a backpressure problem.
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nickwarner
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Feb 20, 2013, 7:07 PM
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Re: 1993 5.0 losing power blowing blue smoke
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You need to do a compression test first. Blue smoke is an indication of burning oil. When that happens suddenly and with a loss of power you likely have a bad engine.
What do you mean that it doesn't have any tailpipes on it? Did you cut the entire exhaust off?
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