Smoke from exhaust/ undercarriage

Asked by Explorer4wd Dec 12, 2020 at 09:41 PM about the 2014 Ford Explorer Limited 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2014 ford explorer had ran perfectly I reside in
Oklahoma I recently made a quick trip to Illinois
got gas at a Komen and pop and car began to run
a bit rough got to Springfield shut it off went to
restart trouble getting restarted and white smoke
began to exit tail pipe I was able to get it back to
Oklahoma it continued to smoke some I added
new better fuel, I changed the oil and the smoke
got worse then all of a sudden began pouring
rough and oil began pouring out in front of muffler
not even near oil pan ?????

2 Answers

Sounds like engine failure. Have a mechanic evaluate it before driving it again.

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Sounds like a blown cylinder head gasket. The white smoke is probably coolant going into the combustion chamber. Sorry to give you the bad news . Do a cylinder compression test to make sure .

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