Leaving work today notice a lot of white smoke when I pulled out of the lot. Another blast when I backed up into my driveway, I'm thinking it's the water pump from reading other posts. No check engine light and the car runs fine at idle, I did notice a lot of build-up on the exhaust pipes.
2010 Taurus SHO 71,000 miles white smoke from exhaust
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Mine was doing the same and I found my back turbo had snapped the shaft inside in half. Not sure if your problem could be the same or not. Looked like I had a smoke screen when driving.
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krewat
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Water pump usually dumps coolant into the crankcase, which wouldn't come out the exhaust ...
If it is running fine at idle, and coolant/oil are maintaining their separation, then the turbo/coolant leak at the turbo does seem plausible.
Assuming of course that this was not the startup on a cold day scenario.
Assuming of course that this was not the startup on a cold day scenario.
The oil looks clean and the coolant level is right at the full mark, I did notice a little smoke from under the hood.
Only an oil change about 3 months ago.
Dropped the car off this morning at a local shop to get a diagnosis, no codes, no smoke, nothing, car runs ok. They recommend that I take it to a Ford Dealer and maybe change the plugs. Called the dealer they say bring it in when the problems come back.
unless you personally know someone there, it is hard to draw attention preemptively.Michael Stevens
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Yes I own a 2010 Ford Taurus sho with 82,000 miles on it last Wednesday morning I started the car and noticed white smoke coming out my passenger side exhaust and whining noise coming from sound like a turbo so I shut it off had it towed to local Ford dealer today they finally called me and said one turbo is blown and gave me the bad news of the cost 2,000 dollars for one turbo replacement I'm asking hopefully for some insight can a man with some mechanical skills be able to replace turbo in his driveway.
Sure. I guess it depends on how much mechanical experience you have and if you have all of the right tools. I had to drop the cradle out from under the engine to access the back turbo. I ordered a compete rebuild kit off of ebay from a guy in Canada for just under $600. Otherwise you can get a new turbo from the dealer for around $420 each.
Sorry to hear about your luck. Hope it works out whichever way you choose to go.
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Sounds like the rear turbo (difficult one) is blown. 6 hours book time to replace, plus they are not giving you ANY discount on the part. You should ask for a discount, can't hurt. Also change the feed lines and gaskets, and coolant.
Sorry to hear about your SHO, my car has stopped smoking, but I can feel a lost in power, and hard accelerations are no longer as smooth as they were before. I added gas treatment to my last couple of fill-ups in case some water was in the fuel. I was planning on replacing the car this summer maybe I should start looking sooner......
Johnbigdog
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There is a filter in the turbo feed. Replace it or throw it away. The thought is dirty oil is better than no oil.
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