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Old Nov 30, 2018 | 07:05 PM
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My 6oh doesn't roll coal

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actually it doesn't smoke at all when I floor it... normally I'd think that's a good thing but since my truck has bad injectors and runs like crud sometimes I'd imagine it would smoke a little wouldn't it?
 
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Old Nov 30, 2018 | 07:25 PM
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Good for you, I hate diesels that roll coal. It's totally pointless and pollution..............and no I am no tree hugger
 
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Old Nov 30, 2018 | 09:11 PM
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Running lean?
 
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Old Nov 30, 2018 | 09:36 PM
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Running lean?

Diesel engines can't run lean as they run a variable air/fuel ratio by design.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2018 | 05:17 AM
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Good for you, I hate diesels that roll coal. It's totally pointless and pollution..............and no I am no tree hugger
I agree and it's just taking cans of diesel and dumping on the ground and lighting on fire.

To the OP. (OP Means Original Poster )
When every thing is running right you should get little or no smoke. ou might get a bit of haze but that is a good sign. Plus that unburned
fuel ends up cocking things up. The only time I ever got a cloud of smoke was when I wiped out a copper washer under an injector.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2018 | 06:01 AM
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2003’s with their different camshaft and programming due tend to emit black smoke on hard acceleration. I'd always exercise the turbo crossing the last interchange on the way home.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2018 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by maxum96
Diesel engines can't run lean as they run a variable air/fuel ratio by design.
Oh, shows ya what I know about diesels. I had assumed that when the OP mentioned he had problems with injectors that maybe there wasn't enough fuel, somehow. But you know what they say about assumptions...
 
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Old Dec 1, 2018 | 10:17 PM
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Yeah, I assumed since my injectors were having issues there would be lots of white or black smoke at any given time between startup and hard accel. But I get vertically no smoke while driving. And very little white smoke on start up.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2018 | 02:53 PM
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If it has a stock tune it won't smoke much at all. Even my 7.3 didn't smoke when it was stock.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2018 | 03:57 PM
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I think I would get my latest 6.0L to smoke if I loaded the SRL tune from Matt with the Heracles FICM tune.
I know it would be really squirrely on wet pavement and for that matter even on dry set up that way.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2018 | 04:20 PM
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This morning it was about 40 outside and on start up I got a mixture of white and black smoke. But nothing when driving. Well that's good to know it's doing alright. Thanks guys. And yeah it's completely stock.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2018 | 06:45 AM
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Totally normal for a stock tune.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2018 | 07:01 PM
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When I hop on fwy mine will smoke at wot no prob, not like my 7.3 but is noticeable. I did notice however that when I pass a Prious it does smoke a bit more.
 
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Old Dec 4, 2018 | 07:58 PM
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When I hop on fwy mine will smoke at wot no prob, not like my 7.3 but is noticeable. I did notice however that when I pass a Prious it does smoke a bit more.
You should carry a bucket of coal and just toss them at any Prius on the road. With extra points for getting it through a window.
Now I am not saying you should break the window. How ever if you do, Oh Well.
 
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Old Dec 5, 2018 | 05:01 AM
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You should carry a bucket of coal and just toss them at any Prius on the road. With extra points for getting it through a window.
Now I am not saying you should break the window. How ever if you do, Oh Well.
Funny Sean, nice morning chuckle
Who has coal on sale these days? Amazon maybe
I do not try and roll . just sayin sometimes you have to beat feet
 
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