Help, broke down, pouring smoke
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Help, broke down, pouring smoke
200 miles from home and I think I just lost the damn engine. Started pouring grey/white smoke and making a loud clicking noise coming over a hill. Gauges were all normal just before. Has oil, fuel pressure, coolant. Will crank reluctantly and start but smokes right away, only tried that again once. Think Aaa is enroute. Crap.
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200 miles from home and I think I just lost the damn engine. Started pouring grey/white smoke and making a loud clicking noise coming over a hill. Gauges were all normal just before. Has oil, fuel pressure, coolant. Will crank reluctantly and start but smokes right away, only tried that again once. Think Aaa is enroute. Crap.
Sean
P.S I am sitting near the computer with phone in hand if you need a rescue. I can bring the IDS and some tools to see if
we can get you home. I only wished I had a trailer.
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You have my phone number give me a call.
It;s not like I have that much going on anyway.
I also have most of the diagnostic tools and
the big one The IDS and VCM.
Sean
It;s not like I have that much going on anyway.
I also have most of the diagnostic tools and
the big one The IDS and VCM.
Sean
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Ugh, finally home now. Ex should be sitting at a (different) dealer right now waiting for them to open Monday. That was a literal bloody nightmare. Ever have one of those bad dreams where you're trying to dial the phone and nothing happens? Had full ¥£€%#*!!! 4G LTE bars, hit send, phone looks like it's connecting but nothing happens. Just blank silence. While I'm still in full panic mode 
. But it still got emails. 
Anyways, yes, my wife got a pretty good whiff of the smoke and is pretty sure it's diesel. Thing that concerns me is that awful ticking noise right when it happened. My old Suburban made the same noise when it threw a rod. Would a sound like that be expected when an injector goes out like that? If it is an injector, could there have been a warning sign I somehow missed?
Despite my past experience I'm letting a different dealer have first crack at this one, see if maybe that stupid extended warrantee of mine might turn useful.
. But it still got emails. Anyways, yes, my wife got a pretty good whiff of the smoke and is pretty sure it's diesel. Thing that concerns me is that awful ticking noise right when it happened. My old Suburban made the same noise when it threw a rod. Would a sound like that be expected when an injector goes out like that? If it is an injector, could there have been a warning sign I somehow missed?
Despite my past experience I'm letting a different dealer have first crack at this one, see if maybe that stupid extended warrantee of mine might turn useful.
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Hopefully it is just going to be replacement of one injector. Did wif light ever come on? I would drain the hfcm and replace the fuel filters if it is indeed an injector. I think you will be ok. How many miles on it now?
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Had it towed to Bickford in Snohomish. No word yet today.
No, never saw any warning lights. Fuel filters & oil were changed just over 3k miles ago before we left on this road trip. Fuel pressure was 55+, 125k miles on the rig. And to top it all off I'd just had everything BUT the engine looked over by a (non-diesel) mechanic!
No, never saw any warning lights. Fuel filters & oil were changed just over 3k miles ago before we left on this road trip. Fuel pressure was 55+, 125k miles on the rig. And to top it all off I'd just had everything BUT the engine looked over by a (non-diesel) mechanic!
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Brickford is supposed to be one of the good ones. Was out there a couple of weeks ago picking up some parts, and they seemed like real stand up guys, hopefully the warranty covers it, sorry to here about the problems. Keep us posted.
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That is because they did the work the first time and did it right.
Post back what they find before you jump and say GO.
Sean
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Fugate's a good hour and a half away from home NOT including the ferry ride, or I'd consider it. Bickford advertises quite heavily on the local Christian music station and they *seem* to walk the walk but that remains to be seen.
Stopped by today to get a couple things I left in there. Service lady who's covering it is out sick and the fellow I talked to wasn't familiar with the case, so nothing "official" yet but he kept saying hydrolocked and noted that they've got 4.5 hrs into it so far they're trying to get coverage for. Sitting out on the lot with a big DO NOT START sign on it, royal mess inside and we had to leave the guinea pig cage in it so I don't envy the poor guy who does have to move it. Least it's better than dog smell.
Stopped by today to get a couple things I left in there. Service lady who's covering it is out sick and the fellow I talked to wasn't familiar with the case, so nothing "official" yet but he kept saying hydrolocked and noted that they've got 4.5 hrs into it so far they're trying to get coverage for. Sitting out on the lot with a big DO NOT START sign on it, royal mess inside and we had to leave the guinea pig cage in it so I don't envy the poor guy who does have to move it. Least it's better than dog smell.