Excessive smoking from tailpipe while driving
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Asked by Angelica May 23, 2020 at 02:15 PM about the 2001 Ford Focus ZX3

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I added 3 quarts of synth blend oil to my full synth oil and
less than half a quart of transmission fluid, turned it on. Hit
gas while idle with no smoke. Put it in drive and about 20
seconds later tons of smoke out the tailpipe every time I
accelerated and felt real heavy and sluggish. What
happened?!

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