smoke and low power
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smoke and low power
A friend picked up a 03' quad cab 6 speed with 285K on it for $9K everything checks out good, normal blow by for such mileage and zero oil usage. truck looks and runs great except it drives power wise like 1994 160 HP truck and smokes heavily- could not here the turbo much either. No codes- whatcha all think?
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Cheap and easy diagnostic? I would pull a boot off the turbo and see if it spins freely by hand. Not hearing the turbo whine, as well as the black smoke and no power, are good clues the turbo isn't working as expected.
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doesn't have gauges, hooked my OBD up to it, but no rail or boost readings. Will explore turbo issues as mentioned, waste gate and the berring slop
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