Smoking like HELL!

Asked by GuruLNK41 Apr 14, 2019 at 05:29 PM about the 2011 Ford Focus SES

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

After 3 months of storage, checked the oil before starting, missing almost a
quart, added the missing oil then started the car to put it outside the garage
and left running 2 minutes.
Next day, used the car a few miles and came back smoking like hell. Started
the car the next day, again big cloud of smoke but cleared after a minute or
2. Used the car around a few miles, no noticable smoke until I flored the gaz,
lots of smoke again!!! Car is 2011 Focus automatic transmission, only
50,000miles adult driving.
Took compression test, all 4 cylinders are 180#, is it possible the PCV valve
is causing all that smoke, or something else?
Thanks for any advice...

1 Answer

GuruLNK41 answered 5 years ago

Light blue smoke it was out of the tail pipe, definately oil burning and no puddle anywhere. As mentioned, 180# compression test on all 4, very well maintained mechanics and no excessive use that's why I was thinking of something outside the engine, like the PCV valve succing not only vapors but some oil? Maybe some kind of restriction in the draining of the oil back to the pan or something like that... But thanks for the questionning.

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