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Old Sep 27, 2022 | 02:32 PM
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Light grey smoke

I’ve been looking for a while but haven’t found any threads with these symptoms.
In the truck sits new;
full force reman injectors
motocraft ipc and pigtail
motocraft IPR
kc turbo 360 rebuild with wicked wheel
Fuel filter
cps
motocraft GPs
GP relay
upgraded motocraft uvch both sides

and probably more I’m not thinking of.
all of this in effort to get rid of a smokey exhaust, first it was completely blue smoke and I was going through a ton of oil had a bit of loss of power but nothing crazy. I then rebuilt the turbo and blue smoke was finally gone. Win. But immediately after rebuilding the turbo I have light grey smoke at startup and accel. It kind of goes away after warming up but is still there basically all the time. Also directly after rebuild I had some misfires, which was quite concerning. I then disconnected the ccv, drove it a few mins, and hooked it back up, misfired one time and hasn’t since. Truck runs drives and sounds great now with new injectors and rebuilt turbo but this smoke is excessive and embarrassing. Could it be the injectors? I went back and hot torqued them. So loose injectors probably not the culprit but I’m not ruling anything out. Compression test in order? 336.xxx 2002 f250 7.3 4wd auto trans
all stock except for super chips tuner that I run in stock mode for lack of egt gauges
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Old Sep 27, 2022 | 02:35 PM
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Should also be noted I have the BAFX obdII device with torque pro and car scanner pro
both have the exact same readings numbers and reliability in my experience
no codes at all except for ebp codes because of delete
the Epb delete has been there since I’ve owned the truck about 3 years. Has the delete pedestal and the valveless housing for the turbo.
 
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Old Sep 27, 2022 | 03:43 PM
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When you replaced the turbo did you pull the intercooler and clean all the oil out of the system?
 
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Old Sep 27, 2022 | 07:44 PM
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No I did not, I did a bit of research into the subject but I didn’t realize or think about doing that. Though the smoke I’m seeing is no longer blue or smell of oil
 
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Old Sep 27, 2022 | 08:35 PM
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How's your fuel pressure, sir? Easy method below:

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/a...4&d=1592859516

I did not have good luck getting Torque Pro to read codes consistently on my truck. Recommend connecting your BAFX OBDII device to your phone or laptop running FORScan/FORScan Lite and check for codes again. Log a normal drive and WOT run and watch ICP and IPR% - let's see how they are behaving.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...d-q-and-a.html
 
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Old Sep 27, 2022 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Tyler 7.3
No I did not, I did a bit of research into the subject but I didn’t realize or think about doing that. Though the smoke I’m seeing is no longer blue or smell of oil
I know when I got rid of the factory ccv plumbing it took 2-3 months for the residue to finally work it's way through and out of the system. May not be your answer but doesn't cost anything to look. Also just because it isn't blue smoke doesn't mean it isn't oil. Depending on what may be burning w/ it and the concentration, oil can present as blue, grey, and even white. Oh one question, if it doesn't smell of oil, what does it smell like?
 
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