Hi everyone.......So heres the scoop on my 89 7.3. I replaced my return lines due to air intrusion. It then started to smoke blueish white smoke when the engine was not under a load. Put the pedal down and it would not smoke! So since I had 120k on my injectors I replaced them with New injectors and also replaced the IP. In doing so I had One inj that was hard to remove. When I got it out It was full of carbon! I cleaned as well as I could! One problem I had though was I couldn't get the Copper washer out (any help with how to do this would be grateful). I got the pump replaced. I got it started up and now no matter where I turn the pump to it will blow Tons of white smoke and It does have a slight antifreeze smell to it but barely! on a cold start it won't blow anything till it starts to warm up the gets to the point you cant see the road behind you! It does idle a little lower then before too! So with all that said How to do I check to find out if its Cavitaion or Head gasket or niether! I have around 220k on the engine and some of those miles were not the best cared for miles! Did my best while in college but when moneys short its short! I have searched and looked at lots of posts but don't seem to get the direct answers that I'm lookin for! Thanks in advance for the help!

 

Ok so maybe its more of a gray smoke then anything! When I get home tonight ill start it again and see exactly what color and and how it smells again!

 

you could use a tiny pick for the cooper washer

 

You can also use a long 3/8" lag bolt and kind of thread it into the washer to grab it...

 

I tried a pic to no avail....I think its pretty stuck but I will try the Lag bolt trick! I have one on hand! Great Idea thanks!

 

OK so I came home and let the truck warm up real good and made quite a smoke screen for the neighbors who were not at all impressed with my smoke signals abilities! lol My nightmare has been confirmed and I have lots of antifreeze coming out the exhaust! So I guess I just need to figure out if its Cavitation or a head gasket! I imagine since there is no oil in the coolant and no coolant in the oil I will need to disassemble and take the heads off! Can anyone let me know if this is the correct thinking! Thanks