About 2 weeks ago I drove my new to me 2015 F-250 diesel about 90 minutes to get CarWell done, then home. It sat for several days so the CarWell can dry/set. Last Wed I drove it 20 minutes to Ford dealer. Latter in the day I drove it home from the Ford dealer, and as I was nearing my home I could smell a "hot" smell in the pickup. I parked and smoke came up from between the cab & bed and on the side just behind the door. About 10 minutes latter no more smoke. I looked under to see if the mechanic had left his glove on top of the exhaust or something similar. No glove.
So my initial thinking was if the smoke was from CarWell, why didn't it smoke on the 90 minute drive back from CarWell or why didn't it smoke when I drove to the Ford dealer.
Giving it more thought, I now think the diesel engine went through a cleaning cycle as I was nearing my home (from the Ford dealer) and that got the whole exhaust system a lot hotter and now it was hot enough to burn off some CarWell that had dripped on it.
Are there any dash indications when the engine goes through its cleaning cycle? Which I may or may not have been looking for.
So my initial thinking was if the smoke was from CarWell, why didn't it smoke on the 90 minute drive back from CarWell or why didn't it smoke when I drove to the Ford dealer.
Giving it more thought, I now think the diesel engine went through a cleaning cycle as I was nearing my home (from the Ford dealer) and that got the whole exhaust system a lot hotter and now it was hot enough to burn off some CarWell that had dripped on it.
Are there any dash indications when the engine goes through its cleaning cycle? Which I may or may not have been looking for.