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and "smell" it we do practically chokes ya if we are too close to it, and hard on the eyes too!

After doing a search on google on the matter here I've come across a few links. something to chew on I guess, and I'm open to opinions. White Smoke Emissions in Diesel Engines Diesel Smoke tells YOU a Story… and for you guys with the 6.2L GM's Diesel Trouble Shooting also..........I'd...

I guess I was of the mindset that partially burnt fuel comes out white. some of the possibilities that keep running through my mind are fuel pump timing, valve adjustment (due to a rookie setting valves for the first time) and fuel pump pressure. Valve adjustment will be checked again soon...

yeah ! we're doing better with it fer sure........no expert by any means but a good change in the tranny oil and things started working a lot better. Yeah I'd have to agree. Jeff worked his but off for me too.

Here is a picture for you guys to see what I am talking about. When this picture was taken it was about 30 degrees out, the truck had it's fuel filter changed and all recent work on the truck completed. I got the truck started and let it run for about an hr. the temp came up to about 160...

Sierra117: that could very well be, I guess I would be interested in hearing from the membership here if that is a common occurance or not. My temp today was about 30 degrees or so. I've never had a diesel smoke white after it warmed up but that don't mean it isn't possible. My mechanic...

well we got the truck back together last week, and was thrilled to see that the truck fired right up again. It ran for about 30 seconds and then started to surge in RPM's. It ran up to about 2000 r's and settled in there for a bit and then gradually started idling down until it settled in at...

Here are some more pictures as repairs progress. the first picture is what I found in the coolant, roughly about a gallon and a half of fuel in the antifreeze. The second picture is of the injector tubes, as you can see one of the tubes was in need of serious destruction to get it out of...

Today I took the heads to Dave K and he took a look at the heads that I brought him. He seemed to think that the heads were ok and didn't need to be resurfaced, he could tell by the way the markings were on the mating surface that the head gasket was not blown and he proceeded to pull the...

LOL.........I hear ya there........I think that JP-8 has a distinct smell all to it's own as compared to regular #2 diesel. the car still smells a bit like it. But I'm not complaining I'm enjoying the heck out of this venture so far even with the recent discovery of the need for some repairs.

Agreed, I'm planning on draining the tanks and installing a new fuel filter as well. would you guys recommend physically removing the tank and turning it upside down and etc in order to flush or would just pulling the plug and draining/flushing that way work? One of the things that I did...

Yesterday I started working on the truck, first thing first.......I drained the coolant and let set for a while in some plastic jugs, after the coolant settled over night I came back today to find that in the seven or so gallons of coolant/fuel mixture, I had at least one and half gallons of...

I had a chance to talk today with a 35 year veteran mechanic who works primarily on Cummins Engines. He explained to me that yes indeed the fuel can get into the coolant, and pressurize the expansion tank, and that the only way that this can happen is for the copper rings around the the...

LOL maybe a bent kadodie shaft too? eh? Well at least I didn't go into this purchase with the idea that nothing was going to go wrong......... This isn't my first rodeo with equipment...... I've seen way too many mechanical failures to have those kinds of delusions.

Well today was the first day I got to work the truck pretty hard hauling wood off of a site, I have to say with the recent warm weather and the mud we got into, the truck performed well climbing around on the hills and in the greasy conditions. But I did run into my first break down with it as...

ok.........I'll give Napa a call tomorrow. thanks for the info.!

Anybody got a cross over number for the fuel filter.....? something I can cross with say Napa or fleet Guard?

Well.....today we took out the 817 and hauled a few loads, nothing major, just rocks and a bit of dirt with brush mixed in..........seems that I'm getting the hang of getting it shifted and the truck is deffinatly loosing some of the black smoke. still loping a bit when it's cold, but it seems...

Thanks Guys! I think I see what I am doing wrong now, first I was pressing the clutch all the way to the end of the travel as I am accustomed to when driving my F-450, and second I need to get to a point where I am actually traveling on the road to allow time to work through the double clutching...

Well Guys, yesterday was the big day for me, after 7 long weeks of waiting for my euc to clear I finally got the green light and called up the man who was helping me with the recovery and the drive home. We met at the gates in Fort McCoy and he promptly set to work teaching me all I needed to...