Driving home from work today and with no indication that anything was wrong, motor just quit. Looking through the rearview mirror all i could see was white smoke coming from all around the back of the truck, not just from the exhaust. when i tried to refire the truck the motor sounded terrible and really shook the truck. didn't notice the oil presure if it had dropped before truck died but no dummy lights were lit and temperature was normal. i have no gauges to get any info other than the stock gauges. the truck was towed to the dealership but the service department is closed for the day. anyone have any ideas what could have happened like i said there was no warning and the truck was operating beautifully.

 

blown head gskt.........

 

but wouldn't the engine start if it was just the head gasket.

 

Blown gasket on a stock engine? I'm having trouble believing that.

 

If I was to hazard a guess, I'd say the timing slipped in your injection pump.

White smoke could be unburned fuel, coolant, or oil (more blueish, but hard to tell sometimes).

If the engine was ingesting oil, you would have a runaway condition and you wouldn't be able to shut it down.

Coolant in there, you'd see the coolant level low, or oil in the coolant, or coolant in the oil.

Too bad it's already at the dealership, otherwise you'd be able to check a few things.


Hope they take care of you when they get to working on the truck.


phox

 

I had the same condition(white smoke) when my injector pump went out although mine would run but not very well. No check engine light either. I would check codes.

 

Sounds like what happened when my pump disentigrated on my 93. plumes of white smoke from the rear. sounded like I put a couple rods thru the block. I was amazed to find only the pump bad. As bad as that is hopefully thats all it is. Cheaper than a new engine.

 

Same here when my VP died. That would be my guess.

 

the dealer said i had a bad sensor in the fuel tank and had simply ran out of fuel. I never heard of a truck running ou of fuel leaving a trail of smoke like a nascar when it looses an engine though. I haven't picked up the truck yet so should i have them test the fuel pressure?
thanks

 

No fuel can = white smoke