Massive amounts of white smoke???
I was stopped at a service area on I-80 near Toledo heading up to Michigan early this morning on business and i noticed the truck spitting out some white smoke at idle. It was around 6 degrees out, truck was still pretty warm, and I had been driving for around 9 hours or so. I only let it idle for about 20 minutes or so while I ate (rpm's were at 1k). After I noticed all the poofs I hit the throttle a few times and man it filled the parking lot, it also seemed to stutter pretty bad. I took off down the interstate and all seemed fine, the smoke cleared up. No power loss while driving, fuel pressure was around 7ish, fuel filter just replaced a couple days ago, and 50k on the ticker if that helps anyone out. Anybody have any clues? Is this normal? Do I have a flakey injector? Thanks for the help...
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I have seen that relate to a bad injector. Not always the case though. Check out this thread there may a TSB for the problem.
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...threadid=56152[/URL GOOD LUCK digger |
mine does the same thing when it is that cold out. nothing to worrie about because i just had all six injectors replace about 2K ago.
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04.5's and up have a TSB for white smoke/poor mpg, which most people have reported to help out a lot. This isn't a typical thing to see on a 555. It's likely you have a LEAKING injector. There's somewhere in the dealer's computer that they can test what % compared to spec the injector is flowing. Some folks experienced greater than 100% flow at idle, which meant the injector was leaking fuel down into the cylinder - which causes white smoke. If the problem continues, might want to have the dealer hook up his DRB.
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Thanks for the replies guys. I read an older post too about symptoms of a leaky injector, this seems what it might be. That would deffinetly explain the bellowing white smoke. I'll see if there is a dealership around it to maybe throw a DRB on it. Shoot, being some what close to the motor city, I wonder if they could get parts faster...:)
So assuming it is leaking, is it still ok to drive? More importantly will it leave me stranded somewhere? |
Where about in Michigan are you going to be?
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Originally posted by digger5.9ho Where about in Michigan are you going to be? Jackson and Hillsdale Co. is the area I am in now, towards the end of the week I will be in Berrien Co. |
Mine did the same thing and it was an injector......
Also have the newest re-flash for white smoke and poor fuel economy. |
Originally posted by GotBoost? Mine did the same thing and it was an injector...... Also have the newest re-flash for white smoke and poor fuel economy. Is that flash for the 555's as well. or just the 600's? |
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