Oil; smoke from exhaust

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Asked by Guru5N13P Aug 03, 2018 at 09:25 PM about the 2006 Ford F-150 XLT SuperCab Styleside SB

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

First off I'm a woman....so go easy with the
mechnical talk...lol.    i bought an 06 f150 in March
of 18.  After a month, I noticed periodically there
was a light colored smoke  (white looking) coming
from my exhaust.  And let me stress periodically.   I
got oil changed at the beginning of july.  I just
checked my oil today and there is like I drop of oil
at the end of the stick.  Just one month later it has
used or burnt this much oil.  Any ideas?  Let me
add, no I am not seeing puddles of oil anywhere I
park.   Please help! :)

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Keep your oil level topped up and keep track how much it uses. Some people say a quart every 1,000 miles is acceptable in an older engine. Now, if you see whitish smoke from the exhaust you may have an engine head gasket leaking anti freeze into the combustion chamber where it burns off and blows out the exhaust pipe. So monitor how much anti freeze you are loosing. Hopefully not much. A leaky head gasket is not a good thing IF that's what's happening.

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