Check your thermostat. Does your temp gauge come up to normal? If your thermostat is stuck open it won't come up to proper operating temp and everything will suffer. $$$

Edwin

 

Where is the thermostat Housing and ill put a new one in it tommarow?

 

It's at the front of the engine. It goes in sideways from the passenger side. Take off the hose and the fan belt I think has to come off since you have to drop the alternator down to get one of the bolts out. Be sure to get the thick rubber gasket when you get the thermostat.

Edwin

 

ok ill check it out in the morning and thanks could that be whats making my truck smoke like it is?

 

If I unpluged the right thing then with the KSB I mean then the smoke didnt get any worse it just stayed the same

Can some one please post a pic of the KSB with an arrow pointing to the KSB Thanks

 

This smoke is really bothering me

 

Today im going to change the oil, put a new tranny filter and new pan gasgit, new air filter, and a new thermastat in it...

 

The KSB solenoid is on the left side of the VE inj pump and is attached at an angle with a wire clipped on the back end and a metal tube on the front end. It is a slow acting wax pellet solenoid so simply disconnecting/connecting for a few minutes may not show any difference.

Yes, running cold will cause more smoke and sometimes missing. The KSB will advance the timing when it's cold and you should notice the engine "ping" is more pronounced when it's cold. It should go away when it warms up.

Does your temp gauge come up when it's warmed up? When I got my truck the thermostat had been gutted so it didn't warm up at all. It smoked more and ran crappy until I put a good thermostat in.

Hope this helps.

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...m=161&pid=1231

Edwin

 

I think you confused the shutoff solenoid with the KSB. Shutdown is on top, if it doesn't have power the truck will not start. KSB is on the side, has a tube coming out one end of it. The truck may smoke when cold if it doesn't have power.

 

KSB threads-

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...threadid=57187

https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...threadid=58928

KSB stands for "KaltStartBeschleuniger". If your German is not so good that basically means cold start advance.

 

Dave the kbs was undone and as soon as i plugged it back in she fired right up.

 

That's weird. Unplugging the KSB shouldn't keep the truck from firing, even if it's really cold out.

Wouldn't crank or wouldn't fire?

 

wouldnt crank

 

k now im ticked, it wont start again and the kbs in pluged in, so i think it was a fluke that it started yesterday after i plugged in it. Anyone got a grenade i can borrow??

 

Get a test light and see if you're getting power to the starter solenoid when you hit the key. If you have power there, most likely it's the contacts in the solenoid - they are the most common cause of starting troubles after corroded battery connections.