Well said festus, well said!

GeneO

 

After the BP drilling platform oil spill, it won't be long before we are all paying dearly for our fuel.

A couple trips to the fuel pumps when fuel gets close to 5 dollars a gallon will educate you to how cool black smoke is real fast.

For some reason, I have a feeling that may not be to long from now.

 

Gotta pay for the cleanup somehow ... Sure ain't coming out of any CEO's pockets, in fact they'll probably get bonuses!

Not to mention the suits that are to follow!

-Enjoy
fh : )_~

 

ight guys well i dont know where ya'll i from but round here we dont care bout the enviro ****'s or prices of fuel... if we kan puff a lil smoke then we gotter made! any way wit tat outta the way i rele aint wanin the truck 2 roll the smoke but im lookin for a good puff..but if i rele git on'er i want a half way stedy stream....

 

Excessive smoke results in (but is not limited to):

1; Higher EGTs which can melt pistons or cause pitting in the crown which can eventually lead to a crack,

2; High amounts of half burned or even raw fuel in the chamber to clog the upper compression rings with carbon build up and could eventually affect compression,

Lower compression results in;

a; Lower power,

b; Hard cold starting,

c; More blow-by, which means shorter oil life, higher likelihood of oil leaks, and lubrication related internal engine failures (bearings).

3; High amounts of raw fuel that reach the rings can also wash down oil and wear the rings and cylinder wall out just like an old carby engine thats running too rich - resulting in lower compression,

4; Raw fuel and other hydrocarbons can will also make their way down into the crank case where it can dilute the engine oil and start to cause damage to the bearings (see 2, c). Remember, diesel engine oil is normally punished even from normal use from the high amount of natural blow-by, and 'normal' amounts of combustion contaminants getting into the crank case. Adding more will not help things. Thats why these engines take so much oil per oil change and why you need to change it so often.


Excessively advanced timing results in (but is not limited to):

1; Lower fuel economy,

2; Very short glow plug life, often measured in weeks,

3; Louder engine across all operating conditions,

4; cracked piston rings,

5; cracked pistons,

6, damaged wrist pin, rod bearing, or main bearing,

7; hard cold starting (assuming working glow plug system)

8; lower power, yes - LOWER power

**** on environazis and BP. I want a good, powerful but clean burning engine for my sake not theirs.

 

i believe in staying stock 4 most if not all the time. 2 me international knows whats best, and the 6.9 and 7.3 had a very long time being in fords lineup of trucks i guess being forced out by e.p.a. rules and people wanting to try different things. to date nothing has outlasted these old internationals as i see it. f350 c6 7.3 90 f250 385.000 e4od 4x4 93 . does the soup bowel mod. improve mileage??????

 

It will help some, but you probly wont notice it.

 

I'm not saying to never adjust or advance the timing because changes in fuel chemistry over the years means that ideal timing for when the IDI was still new will not be the same as what is ideal for today's fuel. However, I am saying that if you start advancing it without knowing how far you move things it is taking a risk that I don't think is worth a damaged engine.

 

run a strip or 2 of duct tape over your air filter if you want smoke

 

lol

awesome

seriously folks who want that diesel smoke just to look cool make me glad it wont be long till they break their trucks