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Jan 11, 2007 | 09:50 PM

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duffman77

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Sorry I didnt realize that you started this thread today.

Jan 11, 2007 | 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Reidicus

Yes it does. Expecially on a cold start at -20c. Today it smoked pretty hard. Drove it around for a bit and the smoke went down. Only when accelerating is when it will start smoking hard. Only white smoke too. Never had a puff of black smoke come out of the truck yet. I got the block heater cord working today so that should make for better starts.

This puzzles me? The white smoke disapears on mine when the water temp his +20C (I have a scangage), if your truck was still smoking after 30 min of idling I dont think your warm up circuit is working right. Does it kick up the idle speed after a couple minutes of inactivity an you can really hear the turbo after that?

Jan 11, 2007 | 10:07 PM

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On the initial start, the truck will almost hiccup (sounds like its missfiring which I think it is with the sticking injectors). After about ten minutes, the white smoke will die down a bit. When the high idile kicks in, it will start to smoke a bit more (just like when im accelerating). When at optimal running conditions, the exaust will still smoke when accelearting. This is at -20c outside and my temp coolant guage reads at half (although every viechicle I saw smoked just as much). For my turbo, I can hear the whistle when the high idile kicks in. And believe you me, I love the sound of that turbo.

Jan 11, 2007 | 10:14 PM

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I can tell you that your temp gauge doesnt even start to move until the water is at 50C, my truck has never run hotter than 89C in the summer and the gauge is around half. Over Christmas I had a cold start around -15C (unplugged) and boy it didnt like it, the truck shook and wasnt running on all 8. My guess is the cold oil is what is making it rough, I noticed a diference when I went from 10W-30 to 0W-40. I would recomend an oil pan heater.

Jan 11, 2007 | 10:36 PM

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The good news, I am running 0W-40 Synthetic right now as of the beginning of December. As for an oil pan heater, I haven't even thought of one. I read many posts about installing one but never the benefits of having one. This is the first year that I've ever had problems on cold start. Last year, plugging in the block heater was enough to keep the truck warm and get going after 15min. Does anyone think that my water pump could be the problem? Just a guess.

Jan 11, 2007 | 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bigredtruckmi

That hissing noise bothers me. Wonder if the turbo is properly sealed? Loosing boost.

Hissing noise+burning 7 gallons of diesel idleing

Possible answer: Parted fuel line (hissing is fuel pump pumping fuel overboard)

Seen any puddles under your truck?

Gunner15a

Jan 11, 2007 | 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunner15a

Hissing noise+burning 7 gallons of diesel idleing

Possible answer: Parted fuel line (hissing is fuel pump pumping fuel overboard)

Seen any puddles under your truck?

Gunner15a

None whatsoever. Hissing sound is cracked y-pipe (reason for fumes inside of cab. Boy does it make me high when I get in that truck). And (guessing on this) fuel consumption is caused by enging burning more fuel due to low compression on the turbo so engine is working harder when driving to accelerate.