Ford Escape began vibrating, engine line came on, and smoke exiting tailpipe

Asked by Guru9DKWTR Nov 11, 2020 at 08:59 AM about the Ford Escape

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Escape started vibrating when pushing the accelerator and smoke is coming
out of the tailpipe....more noticeable when pushing the accelerator. After
shutting down the engine, smoke periodically puffs out of tailpipe, alternative
between left and right  Any ideas?.

5 Answers

40,015

that there sounds like a blown head gasket ,, you can do a compression or other tests test to make sure , what year is it ? How many miles ?

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What color is the smoke? I would not continue to drive it until fixed. White smoke is coolant burning, blue or grey is oil,

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130

Sound like a missfire of some sort. Blown head gasket, bad piston ring, bad coil wire, many reasons. Check your coolant maje sure it is clean and levels are good, check oil, should smell and look like oil. Oil or coolant don't look right than you got some issues dude. Time to tear it down and find your bad gasket. Do your tests and look for oil and coolant problems before you go ripping your motor apart

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130

If your oil smells like gas then I would be testing your fuel injectors. I bet one is not holding pressure and just pouring fuel which ends up in your exhaust. Then after you turn off your car the hot exhaust burns off the raw fuel

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