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Old Sep 17, 2021 | 12:29 PM
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white smoke on startup

Hi everyone!

first off my truck has the dpf deleted and also runs an intake. - I started the truck up this morning and had a big cloud of white smoke. It clears within seconds and never notice it while I’m driving. It seems to be running fine but, I’m no mechanic so just hoping to get some input. Thanks everyone!
 
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Old Sep 18, 2021 | 12:29 AM
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Might be time for injectors. How many miles?
 
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Old Sep 18, 2021 | 08:44 AM
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Make sure it is smoke and not steam. Is your coolant level dropping?
 
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Old Sep 18, 2021 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Bitterroot Diesel
Might be time for injectors. How many miles?
Have yet to see any threads on multiply 6.7 injectors going bad. There are some threads on a single or a pair of injectors going bad.

Also...

White smoke is coolant/water
Blue smoke is oil
Black smoke is fuel

Make sure what kind of smoke you see.....also, as mentioned,, is it condensation in the exhaust system?
 
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Old Sep 18, 2021 | 12:07 PM
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All the levels looked good, Ill start checking the coolant level daily for the next little bit. The truck is still pretty low miles 60,000 kms - it didn’t do it again yesterday but it was warm each time. I’ll watch it again this morning when I fire it up 🤞🏽

might try and run some injector cleaner through on the next tank, just as a precaution? I’ll start researching, but if anyone has any recommendations for an injector cleaner.

thanks again for the replies!
 
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Old Sep 27, 2021 | 08:25 AM
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Injector additive works better as a preventative maintenance item than a quick fix.
 
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Old Sep 27, 2021 | 01:12 PM
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The 6.7 Piezo Fuel Injectors do not give problems like the oil actuate injectors of previous Power Stroke engines.

I would not advise any sort of fuel injector leaner in the fuel tank. I would use a lube additive to the fuel system/tank as the injector cleaner might contain some form of alcohol which is not good on the Bosch CP4 HPFP.





 
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