New PSD owner!
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From: Brownsville, Texas
New PSD owner!
Hey guys, this may be a very dumb question but I have to ask anyway, I'm new to driving a diesel, always had gas powered trucks so here goes, whenever I go home and leave the truck parked in the garage and not move it untill next morning every time I turn it on for the first time in the day white smoke comes out of the tailpipe, again this is only the first time, if I turn it back off and turn it back on it will not do it, is this normal?
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Yes it is normal for a diesel to do this a small bit on cold mornings. How cold is it where you are at. if it is not cold or it does this extremly bad you may have a couple glow plugs out or a bad glow plug relay. Enjoy your truck,
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From: Plano Texas
On the cold nights below 32 degrees I typically plug the block heater or oil preheater in to come on about 3-4 hours prior to startup in the morning.
Helps reduce warm up time and it's so much less noisy to boot
CHPMustang
Helps reduce warm up time and it's so much less noisy to boot
CHPMustang
