I think you are going to find some hoofed inejctor(s).

 

I read the whole thread and this doesn't need to be complicated. Before you go to the shop, get on the highway and floor the hell out of the truck a few times till it doesn't smoke much. I would also floor it some on the main street the shop is located on before turning in. When you arrive at the shop, shut engine off immediately and don't idle. I bet you will pass then. If the truck doesn't pass, you most likely have an over fueling issue. Don't waste your money or time running any additives. That's not going to fix your problem. Keep me posted and best of luck!

 

I think it will take more than a few WOT runs, you need sustained EGT's to clean out the cat and exhaust.

Tow, Tow, Tow, Test.

 

I also beat he will have a few bad injectors. The thing is, if you let it go you have a very good chance of melting a few pistons. Stock trucks can melt pistons, they are the most common for this to happen.

 

Well I am planted in Fort Morgan this weekend and could plan a trip over your way on Sunday if your emissions shop is open. just let me know.

 

I'm pretty sure they're not open on weekends but I appreciate the offer.

I found someone pretty close to me that's willing to loan me his smarty for a small fee. It should be cheaper than fuel to Fort Morgan and back or overnighting Madhat's smarty from AZ.

One more question to anyone who's tried it: Is it fairly certain that I'll pass with the smarty set on zero?

 

Check your IAT and MAP sensors my 03 stock ran like freight train when the IAT took a dump

 

I used a borrowed smarty and set it to level 0 (half power). Retested today and passed with flying colors - 11% opacity this time compared with 78% last time. My truck is a serious dog right now but at least I can get plates.

I'll reset it to stock power in the next day or two and see if it smokes then. If it still smokes bad at stock power then I'll have to start trouble shooting sensors and such. Although, if it runs good and gets decent mileage, I may not even worry about it.

 

You might as well crank it up to sw5 or 7 and play a little while you have a Smarty!

And then we can all take bets on the time line of when you will have one ordered ...

 

just fyi im in colorado springs, co and i run straight veggie.. and when i go do the emissions it shows up as 0%... i dont think it understand the smoke of veggie oil... haha

 

Well, unfortunately, I don't actually have the smarty. I just had a guy set my truck to level zero and he kept the smarty, so tomorrow I'm going to meet with him again to set it back to stock.

I'm under the impression after talking to him that I can only leave the truck at the stock setting otherwise my truck and his smarty will be 'locked' together and he won't be able to use it on his truck. This would make sense to me so that someone with a smarty wouldn't be able to upgrade all his friends trucks. I was hoping to get a little power upgrade out of this deal but I can't complain.

 

smarty = some of the best $685 I have ever spent!!