So this morning it was about 5 degrees and started the beast up. It took a couple tries and fired up. It has been pouring blue smoke out its a#@ ever since. I have pretty much replaced everything on that motor in the last couple years. I recently go a BPD remote oil cooler, remote filter and a fix from Ed at FICM repair with econo tune. Before that new glowplugs and modual. before that everything else headgaskets, studs, dummy plugs, ported intake manifold, 6.4 bangobolts, Powermax turbo, new oil lines to turbo. Blue spring upgrade, Egr delete at the intake, CFM elbow and running Gearhead tune SRL+ and I'm sure Im missing something. Had inspection done yesterday and mechanic did a once over since we just had the beast apart for the oil cooler. All looked good and was fine in the way home. One thinkg Ive noticed is Ive been getting poor mpg lately about 9 in the city and 14 on the open road. Any help is always appreciated.

 

Turbo oil seal or dying injector.

Ohm out the glow plugs as well.

Josh

 

how do you diagnose a injector problem? Cant think that it would be a turbo seal only about 35,000 miles on that powermax turbo.

 

1) Need IDS to identify the injector

2) Check downpipe for oil

3) Ohm out the glow plugs

All this information comes from the 2006 Service Manual.

Glow plug on time is dependent on oil temperature and altitude. The GPCM will
command the glow plugs on for 1 to 120 seconds. The GPCM does not operate
if the oil temperature is above 55C (131F)
It looks like the GPCM is really 2 units in one box.
Glow plug to ground 0.1~2 Ohms
Glow plug connector to GPCM connector Less that 5 Ohms

Pin #3 on both is the VBattery

Green connector
pin #1 is gp#5
pin #2 is gp#7
pin #6 is gp#1
pin #7 is gp#3
pin 8 goes to the PCM
pin 9 goes to the PCM

Black connector
pin #1 is gp#6
pin #2 is gp#8
pin #6 is gp#2
pin #7 is gp#4
pin 9 goes to the VPwr

 

Well for lunch went and got some Hot Shot Secret to put in the oil later and on the way home started smoking real bad when I stoped at home started ticking loud. Shut her off and went to start her back and wont turn over. Called tow company and repair shop. My mechanic says it sounds like a injector and got a cylinder full of fuel. I'm so pissed not a good time for this. I'll let you guys know what they come up with probably wont get to it till next week. Thanks for the input Bullit390.

 

With what you've posted I'll second what your mechanic said.

 

I just hope it is a injector and not something more serious.

 

Remove your glow plugs and roll the engine over if it is hydrolocked it will clear it and you can see which cylinder spits at you. Keep in mind it will spit fuel with great force so do not be in front of the cylinders. Then do a compression test to ruel out any oil getting by the rings.

 

Thanks Dannyboy950!

 

Were are you located? Smell the smoke/exauast. Oily smellin? Diesel smell? It would throw a code if it was injector. Contribution, not so much. Could be a cracked injector cup....bent pushrod. i work on em......
only them. Need to know. Whats the exauast smell like

 

It swelled terrible diesel smell but real worried cause it wa tapping pretty loud I'm located in ithaca ny won't know till Monday what the problem is it was blowing lots of grey and blue smoke