rich / smoke at start up
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rich / smoke at start up
Started the truck up today, 21F outside. For the first 1min atleast, noticeably blueish / rich smoke out the tail pipe with a very distinctive diesel smell. Truck was not plugged in. Truck has a muffler but no kitty
If I were to guess, I would say the smoke / smell was due to unburned fuel
Is this normal? I guess I never noticed this before but maybe this is normal until warm up.
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SAS
If I were to guess, I would say the smoke / smell was due to unburned fuel
Is this normal? I guess I never noticed this before but maybe this is normal until warm up.
Thanks
SAS
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Started the truck up today, 21F outside. For the first 1min atleast, noticeably blueish / rich smoke out the tail pipe with a very distinctive diesel smell. Truck was not plugged in. Truck has a muffler but no kitty
If I were to guess, I would say the smoke / smell was due to unburned fuel
Is this normal? I guess I never noticed this before but maybe this is normal until warm up.
Thanks
SAS
If I were to guess, I would say the smoke / smell was due to unburned fuel
Is this normal? I guess I never noticed this before but maybe this is normal until warm up.
Thanks
SAS
#6
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THAT's IT!!!! It's NORMAL!!!!
Man I have to get my truck FIXED!!!!!
Mine won't smoke even when I started it on new year's eve when the temperature was -12 below zero... Something is very wrong with my truck I guess.....
Man I have to get my truck FIXED!!!!!
Mine won't smoke even when I started it on new year's eve when the temperature was -12 below zero... Something is very wrong with my truck I guess.....
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Mine did a similar thing this weekend. parked it in my driveway int he mtns. and didnt drive it all weekend. temps were below freezing at night and highs of low 40s during the day. fired it up on Sunday to go home and it smoked a lot at first then went away once it was warmed up.
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#8
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Was it plugged in? Maybe you poured all of your maturity into the fuel tank?
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After sitting outside for 8+ hours unplugged at -12F, your truck starts with zero smoke? I do not think there are many forum members that would believe your claim. I am also assuming that you get 20mpg towing at 70mph. After reading several of your posts in the past, it is clear that you prefer to post self-serving opinions or untested theories instead of offering real world experiences to help other forum members. In short, your posts are misleading BS and I fail to see what they have to do with your supposed nonconformist agenda.
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After sitting outside for 8+ hours unplugged at -12F, your truck starts with zero smoke? I do not think there are many forum members that would believe your claim. I am also assuming that you get 20mpg towing at 70mph. After reading several of your posts in the past, it is clear that you prefer to post self-serving opinions or untested theories instead of offering real world experiences to help other forum members. In short, your posts are misleading BS and I fail to see what they have to do with your supposed nonconformist agenda.
Never-enuf clearly stated his smoke was bluish - rich with a distinctive diesel smell and he has never noticed this before. I admit I was interested to see if someone would state that this is completely normal as there seems to be a pattern of contributions offering that almost anything is normal, as long as their truck does it also.
If you notice, I have an '06 truck with a tuner, perhaps that explains the difference in experiences. Again, I am just relaying my experience with my contribution.
You sir are doing something called flaming, which is neither constructive nor appreciated and tends to degrade any forum. Hopefully it made you feel better.
May your injectors live long and prosper.
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Thanks for the response guys - Truck has 160K+ on it with no injector service. When idling, it tends not to be smooth. I know it is a diesel but once it a while it will sound like it hick up's / like miss fire on a gaser engine. To verify the leakage rate of the injectors, can this be performed while in the truck or do they need to be pulled?
Thanks
SAS
Thanks
SAS
#13
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Mine will put out a very light blue smoke at start up (looking at it in my mirror) if I don't wait for the grid heater to cycle at temps at or colder then 5 degrees and it has not been started in the last 24 hours.
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