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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 06:59 AM
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Truck starting to smoke

I have an 05 and it seems to be smoking a lot more than it used to. I have 85,000 miles on it now and it is making good boost I see 40+ . My first thought was the air filter but I took it off and drove it with the same results. If I baby it while accelerating there is almost a constant haze, but if I stand on it the truck really smokes even with the edge turned to level 0. I have had a 3 micron FASS for about 50000 miles and the oil level doesnt appear to be rising. I thought I may have over oiled the filter and I took out the air/temp sensor and cleaned it with alcohol and a qtip. My rail pressure seems good I see up to 26000 psi but I dont have a pressure to the FASS but if I am not seeing low rail pressure I am assuming that it is putting out enough. I run 2 stroke and diesel kleen pretty religiously also to try and take care of injcetors and pump.
Please help I am running out of ideas and I am going to have to pass a smog test soon.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 07:59 AM
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What color is the smoke? The EZ pressure box aint the best thing for stock injectors..
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 10:20 AM
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The haze is probably more grey but when I stand on it the smoke is black.
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 12:11 PM
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Two things come to mind for me:
1) 2 stroke could be the culprit, depends on how much you're adding.
2) Excessive pressure could be wearing away at your injectors causing some leakage

I'd start by driving for a bit without the 2 stroke to see if it gets better. If not, I believe dodge can test injectors in truck with their scan tool?

Shawn
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Old Apr 21, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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Dodge and a few shops with the right equipment can do an injector leak down test. It is pretty time consuming and expensive, around $300. It involves putting in a special banjo bolt on the return line that seperates the injector return from the rest. Then they cap off one injector at a time at the rail and run the engine in a set rpm for a certian time via the starscan. By subtracting each run with the initial run with all six, you can get an accurate reading on just how much each injector is returning. Anything over 28ml of return on a single injector is too much,IIRC.

J.D.
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