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As the title states. When I start my truck in the morning it’s very Smokey. It has been consuming some oil and seems to have a slight misfire when cold. so I’m hoping I don’t have deeper issues. Temp is 55°F
I have MANY pictures of this truck doing this in the mornings. I bought it in December this year and chalked it up to cold weather (-30/+30°F throughout the winter) glow plugs or o rings. Both have since been replaced
so I threw in a set of injectors over the weekend. My thinking was the burning oil and Smokey startups were just bad o rings or something to do with the injectors. When I pulled them 3 of the o rings were visually shot.
I bought BDP 160/0. I’ve put 75 miles on them so far. But the last 2 mornings the truck is still smoking. fresh oil and filter. Fresh air filter. Fresh fuel filter.
Glow plug system has been replaced already with OEM ford plugs from riffraff. I did use a Napa relay so maybe that’s part of the issue?, but it tests ok voltage wise. SD UVCH didn’t help or change anything either. I’ve also gotten custom tuning since to help with towing but that didn’t change anything on startups.
im hoping after some more miles the smoke clears up on startup (maybe the air in the oil system is affecting this?) But I’m thinking it’s not going to. Any ideas?
I also have a motor craft OEM fuel pump coming soon.
I CRS and don't know if I have asked before but how's the blow by? Any movement when you flip the oil cap on the oil fill hole? (cap vibrating off is ok, but pulsating means bad)
Turbo can leak on startups if the color of smoke is blue
I don’t know my compression or fuel pressure. I let the glow plugs stay on for 10 seconds after the WTS light turns off. I had the turbo off a few months ago. No obvious oil leaks out the exhaust housing or tailpipe . No shaft play. But I guess it could still be burning oil?..
Compression test before replacing injectors is great hind sight.
Fuel pressure can be tested with a tire gauge if stock system.
I checked it with a tire pressure gauge. It pushed out in about 10-15 psi increments as the engine ran at idle until it maxed out at 50psi and blew diesel out the end of the tire gauge 😆
I can’t tell. It burns the eyes like unburnt diesel. But I was losing some oil before the new injectors. 3/8 injectors had chewed up o rings also. So I thought I had found my problem then and there
I will get to the compression test but first I need to replace the brand new mishimoto valve cover gaskets ( pretty sure they’re Dorman. But they suck.didn’t realize it at time of purchase.) that I just put on this truck because all glow plugs ohming out like their connection is bad. Probably the moulding inside. Thinking the wires already melted together inside the moulding. 🤦♂️
I will get to the compression test but first I need to replace the brand new mishimoto valve cover gaskets ( pretty sure they’re Dorman. But they suck.didn’t realize it at time of purchase.) that I just put on this truck because all glow plugs ohming out like their connection is bad. Probably the moulding inside. Thinking the wires already melted together inside the moulding. 🤦♂️
Gaskets and uvch are certainly something where oem are preferred
Plug it in then see how the morning start goes. If it changes it then you may have gp system issues still.
If the truck runs ok after a lil heat and does the job needed, how far do you really need to go? It may not be perfect but at almost 25 years of use...none of em are. Just playing devils advocate here.
Plug it in then see how the morning start goes. If it changes it then you may have gp system issues still.
If the truck runs ok after a lil heat and does the job needed, how far do you really need to go? It may not be perfect but at almost 25 years of use...none of em are. Just playing devils advocate here.
It used to clear up after kicking on high idle. But the last few weeks it won’t. I just swapped out the UVCH. we’ll see what it does in the morning. A few of the GPs were reading .4 I think for resistance. And one was way high. Pulled them off. That one reading high was barely plugged in. Wtf. Anyway. After new harness all are reading .5-.6 resistance. I’m hoping for the best outcome.
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Others all low to mid 300s. If you get a **** reading, time for a leakdown.
