Matt Bachand
Depends on the 6.5
Driving on the highway with my plow on I was climbing hills, moving along, watching guages.
On one stretch the guage stayed pretty constant at 210 and moved a slashmark past it. No hotter.
EGT's, pre-turbo only touched 1000 once, mostly working around 900's.
All of a sudden she started to blow smoke.
Boost guage was fine, smoke was blue not black as in raw fuel, not partially burned fuel.
Checked the oil, normal level uncontaminated.
Anti-freeze normal level uncontaminated
Upper radiator hose no pressure hot.
ZERO blowby.
The truck smokes pure diesel, blue/grey out of tailpipe, super stench of diesel fuel.
Still has power, but idle's as if it is only running on 7 cylinders.
Significant engine knock. I heard slight knock with RPM past few weeks, thought it was vacuum pump ready to go. Still havn't diagnosed for sure the knock.
Blows raw diesel out the tailpipe every revolution, and leaves a huge blue cloud.
Along with a knock sound, there is also a PSSST sound, as if the compression of the cylinder is coming out somewhere instead of firing the fuel.
No oil smell in smoke, no antifreeze smell in smoke. Raw Diesel.
I'm heartbroken, worried and panicked. ... Every cent I make comes from the use of this truck. She has been good, I hope something I indicated above is a sign of healthy engine with an injector malfunction on one cylinder causing too much fuel to ignite resulting in raw fuel out of exhaust.
Doubtful.
Thanks guys for help in advance.
On one stretch the guage stayed pretty constant at 210 and moved a slashmark past it. No hotter.
EGT's, pre-turbo only touched 1000 once, mostly working around 900's.
All of a sudden she started to blow smoke.
Boost guage was fine, smoke was blue not black as in raw fuel, not partially burned fuel.
Checked the oil, normal level uncontaminated.
Anti-freeze normal level uncontaminated
Upper radiator hose no pressure hot.
ZERO blowby.
The truck smokes pure diesel, blue/grey out of tailpipe, super stench of diesel fuel.
Still has power, but idle's as if it is only running on 7 cylinders.
Significant engine knock. I heard slight knock with RPM past few weeks, thought it was vacuum pump ready to go. Still havn't diagnosed for sure the knock.
Blows raw diesel out the tailpipe every revolution, and leaves a huge blue cloud.
Along with a knock sound, there is also a PSSST sound, as if the compression of the cylinder is coming out somewhere instead of firing the fuel.
No oil smell in smoke, no antifreeze smell in smoke. Raw Diesel.
I'm heartbroken, worried and panicked. ... Every cent I make comes from the use of this truck. She has been good, I hope something I indicated above is a sign of healthy engine with an injector malfunction on one cylinder causing too much fuel to ignite resulting in raw fuel out of exhaust.
Doubtful.
Thanks guys for help in advance.
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