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Old Oct 1, 2014 | 09:27 PM
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Maybe injectors.

Well it first started yesterday morning, when I left to go to work not even a mile down the road going up a hill I lost all my power and it ran really rough so I shut it off got out and looked for leaks couldn't see any thing more than the slight fuel leak that I had in the valley for a while. I tried to restart it but it didn't start right at first but then it did start but it ran really rough like it was only running on a few cylinders but when I pumped the gas pedal a few times it smoothed out and ran really close to normal. I few times later it seemed like it missed a little bit but nothing major. Then on the way home it started to miss again some and I noticed that it smoked white smoke when it wasn't running right. Some times it would go so low it would shut off then other times it would run normal. Finally I pulled off and checked things out still nothing major until I cheked the oil. There was no oil on the dip stick I put around a quart in and still nothing on the dip stick. So then I put an other gallon and a half in and tried starting it. It didn't start real easy but soon after I started it smoothed out. I ran if on home then and ran it some today and it seems like I am loosing oil fairly fast. It doesn't smoke except for when I start it in the morning. I checked the water in it looks good and I'm not loosing water. Any ideas and opinions would be great. Any questions I will try to answer them.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2014 | 07:17 AM
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If you're losing oil quick and it's not leaking then I'd say pull the downpipe off the turbo and look for oil in the turbo
 
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Could also be an injector o-ring. Check the fuel bowl to see what color it is. If its black, then there is oil in the fuel.
 
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Old Oct 3, 2014 | 01:19 PM
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I just checked the fuel bowl and the fuel is dark so i am planning to replace the orings
 
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Old Oct 3, 2014 | 04:27 PM
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Good. Make sure you check the turbo like Mike suggested.
 
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