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Hello! I need help and explanation. Please tell me, I need help about the engine and about Ecoboost in general. My be you can advise me something based on experience or true. The thing is: I hit kicked down on my 1.5T Ford Fusion USA. I don't drive like that at all, but the situation required it. I drove to the point, I look in the mirror behind and saw a cloud of blue smoke and it stank of smoke for 3 min inside too. Auto after that approx. I SCREWED off and looked at the spark plugs, they had traveled 44,000 km. Rubbish... I have a video of the cylinders. Then I climbed into the cylinders with the camera and saw something that I did not understand. Apparently there is soot, an oil film. Could YOU please advise what is it? Why? How? Reasons? I have video inside cylinders, but cant download. Now i have: - Mileage: 50 000 miles (86,000 km) - fuel consumption is excellent, highway, from 6 l/100km. -- Oil consumption: 200 grams per 10,000 km. *Use Kendall 5W-20. -Service (changing oil) every 8,000 km. -Petrol: Tesco ""99 Moment"". (EU) 1. I need explanation, why it's had happened? 2. What to do? 3. Do I need clean cylinders? 4. Could it be a cylinder head gasket 5.! What engine diagnostics do I need and what should it include? -× I want to help this problem, it is possible to react earlier ×- BEST WISHES TO YOU AND YOUR ECOBOOST! ANDREW
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Is it normal to get the occasional grayish black cloud on full throttle on these Ecoboost engines? I have the 1.5L with 21,XXX miles. It happens once in awhile, but is not immediately repeatable. I don't drive the car hard very often at all. I mostly drive for MPG. Today I exited the highway onto another road and punched it out of the turn and got a big embarrassing exhaust cloud. At the moment it happened, the engine even felt briefly sluggish, barely perceptible. From the rearview mirror, the cloud appeared to be grayish black. Is it just carbon build up in the exhaust system from mostly Grandpa like driving? Or over rich mixture because of the way Ford tunes it at full throttle? I know they tend to run rich as evidenced by the black on the exhaust tip, but this seems excessive. Again, not frequent and not instantly repeatable. No major oil loss and mpg doing fine. No coolant loss. Runs smooth and no MIL. I've tried switching from 87 octane to 91, thinking that the ECU would adjust the timing and mixture accordingly and it would stop. This doesn't seem to make any difference as I've run several tanks of 91 now. I still get the cloud sometimes when I accelerate hard to pass. Not every time. There is no predicting when it may happen, so I am hesitant to take it to the dealer since they will likely not repeat it. I also don't want them out making tons of full throttle runs trying to get it to happen.
