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white smoke
when I start it up I get a litle puff of white and black smoke...goes away right away and doesnt smoke under load unless I get on it....I thought I read that this may be a sign of an EGR cooler failure? or is that whne it is white smokeall the time?
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i get a puff of blue every time i start except for when i put fuel conditioner in it, but i've never had a white puff, guy that worked for me his 04 did puff a lot of white though but he had a lot of problems
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I have a puff of white smoke every so often when I take off from stop. I started noticing it more after installing my MRBP exhaust turbo back off road system. I initially noticed it after the California recall flash. Is it a bad thing to have white smoke? I don't know much about diesels but I know in gassers white is usually coolant leaking into the head. It doesn't seem like that's what it is on my truck.
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Originally Posted by buckshot047
when I start it up I get a litle puff of white and black smoke...goes away right away and doesnt smoke under load unless I get on it....I thought I read that this may be a sign of an EGR cooler failure? or is that whne it is white smokeall the time?
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From: Las Vega$
white smoke at start up, is usually normal when starting on a COLD morning...
i know on our big generators at work that white smoke could be from a clogged air filter also. if it goes away, it's probably just from being cold, or if it takes a few minutes, it could also be rings. once the engine is up to temp and the metals have expanded and sealing properly it could go away... i doubt this is it, i'm just throwing a worst case scenario out there, dont let this scare you off.
i know on our big generators at work that white smoke could be from a clogged air filter also. if it goes away, it's probably just from being cold, or if it takes a few minutes, it could also be rings. once the engine is up to temp and the metals have expanded and sealing properly it could go away... i doubt this is it, i'm just throwing a worst case scenario out there, dont let this scare you off.
