So do all Diesels smoke??
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Joe has been very helpful with my questions....But I still don't understand how much smoke i should see coming out my exhaust? . I'm a girl and new to diesels..the truck runs great!! but smokes some under moderate acceleration...It is like it loads up and then blows out...Is it sometimes a fuel issue..IE contaminated??? Michelle..AKA Mikey/mike
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That is very true. On my buddys dodge we went out and pulled the fuel pump apart and turned the fuel way up and put an aftermarket air filter on there and from a dead stop at a light or something the car behind us has to wait for the cloud of smoke to clear before they can drive. It doesn't mean that it is running rich or lean it just needs more air to help burn it. Mods to you turbo can help but even to this day I have not seen a diesel motor not smoke. Even my diesel generator smokes pretty bad. Black smoke means over fueling or not enough air and blue smoke means it could be worn out or its cold(warm up)
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No not every diesel smokes, I have seen, many many diesels that do not smoke. It was fairly rare for a 7.3L powerstroke to smoke, mostly the only ones that did it were in need of maintence or had been modded.
Any diesel that has been made in the past ten years should not smoke at all. Just look at the newer Volkswagen Jettas. If it says TDI on the back right hand side, where the engine badge goes, it is a diesel and i have never seen one of those engines smoke.
I hate to tell you but if everything is perfect on your new 6.0 then it should not smoke, no matter how hard you accel. This is a requirement to pass emissions. So your truck has to have something wrong with it, weather or not it could affect anything is hard to say.
Monitor your oil level and your fuel milage, if your oil level goes up you have lost an injector. This is the most likely cause and something that your Ford dealer should be able to fix relatively easily once they find the right one.
Any diesel that has been made in the past ten years should not smoke at all. Just look at the newer Volkswagen Jettas. If it says TDI on the back right hand side, where the engine badge goes, it is a diesel and i have never seen one of those engines smoke.
I hate to tell you but if everything is perfect on your new 6.0 then it should not smoke, no matter how hard you accel. This is a requirement to pass emissions. So your truck has to have something wrong with it, weather or not it could affect anything is hard to say.
Monitor your oil level and your fuel milage, if your oil level goes up you have lost an injector. This is the most likely cause and something that your Ford dealer should be able to fix relatively easily once they find the right one.
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I have a 7.3 and a 6.0. My '95 7.3 has always smoked some as have all of the ones I have been around or driven. It is not bad unless it is a cold day or maybe going uphill loaded. I have never had any problems with my 7.3 and it now has 153k on it (still smokin') My 6.0 was smoking some on take off loaded but the reflash seemed to stop it. I notice a little puff occasionally, I live and work and play in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas, I have been around diesels all of my life and seems to me that they all smoke some. I'm not a mechanic and I'm not arguing with anyone, just stating my observances........
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Originally posted by Mkey
Joe has been very helpful with my questions....But I still don't understand how much smoke i should see coming out my exhaust? . I'm a girl and new to diesels..the truck runs great!! but smokes some under moderate acceleration...It is like it loads up and then blows out...Is it sometimes a fuel issue..IE contaminated??? Michelle..AKA Mikey/mike
Joe has been very helpful with my questions....But I still don't understand how much smoke i should see coming out my exhaust? . I'm a girl and new to diesels..the truck runs great!! but smokes some under moderate acceleration...It is like it loads up and then blows out...Is it sometimes a fuel issue..IE contaminated??? Michelle..AKA Mikey/mike
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So do all Diesels smoke??
most new stock diesels don't smoke but when they get a few 100k miles on them they start to smoke. as things get warn out or if the truck it missused then they start to smoke. my 98 24 dodge smokes a little bit but its nothing to smile about. my 93 with 103k on it never smoked until I learned a few things about the pump My buddys 7.3 always smoked since the day he bought it. a little more than my 98 24v but nothing that would make a car stop and wait that is until we learned a few things about the pump 
If it aint smokein it must be broken
My buddys 7.3 always smoked since the day he bought it. a little more than my 98 24v but nothing that would make a car stop and wait that is until we learned a few things about the pump If it aint smokein it must be broken
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my dad has a 84 f250 6,0 liter diesel and it has about 100,000 on an overhaul and it smoke on hard excelleration and thats it, i have a fried that owns a 2002 f250 7.3 lier diesel and it smokes a lil bit and hard excelleration pulling a trailer, and theres a 1995 dodge 2500 cummins diesel thats had the pump messed with and a lot of mods to it and it smokes a little pulling a trailer, when a diesel smokes it doesnt mean its worn out or somethinf wrong with it, if thats the case just about every doesel has something wrong with it but they seem to all run fine the ones that smoke that is
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Originally posted by Mkey
Joe has been very helpful with my questions....But I still don't understand how much smoke i should see coming out my exhaust? . I'm a girl and new to diesels..the truck runs great!! but smokes some under moderate acceleration...It is like it loads up and then blows out...Is it sometimes a fuel issue..IE contaminated??? Michelle..AKA Mikey/mike
Joe has been very helpful with my questions....But I still don't understand how much smoke i should see coming out my exhaust? . I'm a girl and new to diesels..the truck runs great!! but smokes some under moderate acceleration...It is like it loads up and then blows out...Is it sometimes a fuel issue..IE contaminated??? Michelle..AKA Mikey/mike
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