Sounds like the turbo seal is leaking just from the symptoms but the blue smoke can also be valve guides or valve seats. It can also be the piston rings that have seized to the piston body.
It is time to save yourself a $75.00 shop charge and buy a compression tester. (make sure you have the Diesel compression test adapter also) Then check the compression on all cylinders. If the compression is good then your looking at either turbo or cylinder head repairs. The blue smoke is telling you it is time to do something as it will be sitting on the sidelines come the next SMOG test.
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Just thought of this:
This engine tends to suffer from a loss of timing control in the fuel injection timing system. The solution was to fit a revised fuel injection pump cam actuator. Since 04/1997 and internal filter has been fitted which prevents debris from reaching the cam actuator valve.
If it was an all of the sudden failure / symp[tom you could very well have an injection pump timing problem.
BEFORE you attmpt to pull the injector pump be advised that if you do not have this tool you can kiss the injector pump goodbye:
http://www.tooled-up.com/Artwork/ProdPDF...
Most any non reputable shop repair without this tool has cost everyone that has tried it an injection pump replacement at the Ford dealer.
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could it be the head gasket thesmoke is more white than blue,and it really smells?
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