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: White Smoke


BigBlackMax
11-05-2004, 04:46 PM
Been runnin happily along with my Juice on level 4.


Today during a hard acceleration I noticed a lot of white smoke in the mirror - wtf. Never noticed so much before. At the next stop I did another strong acceleration and the same thing alot of white smoke. Truck runs great, but spooked me with the white smoke. I've generated decent amounts of black smoke before, but I haven't seen so much white smoke before.


Normal or trouble?

nwpadmax
11-05-2004, 05:43 PM
I've never seen white smoke on mine.



White smoke could be unburned fuel - like an injector shattin' the bed
on ya. Check your dipstick and make sure you're not dumping fuel
into the crankcase with an injector stuck open or some other fault.



I'd get it to a dealer.....5 minutes on a TechII will tell you a lot. Take the Juice off first though.

BigBlackMax
11-08-2004, 07:42 AM
I figured it was the injectors. It's smoking much worse now. Anytime I feather the throttle it leaves an awful trail of smoke. Enough to get me pulled over. Trip to the dealer for me I guess.

ratlover
11-08-2004, 09:04 AM
Wite is either coolant, raw fuel(way past the black point) or sometimes people mistake burning oil as white smoke although it has more of a blueish twinge to it. None of it good and none of it normal. Yank the juice and take her to the dealer ASAP


Edit: it is normal to get a very slight puff of white when you first start it up if its really cold.......Edited by: ratlover

bmarkert
01-25-2005, 10:41 AM
mine did the same thing, had two injectors leaking filling the crankcase with fuel and ruined the turbo. it was covered under warranty. take it in!

WS6Clint
01-25-2005, 10:48 AM
Could it just be condensation from the cold weather???

WAskier
01-25-2005, 12:47 PM
It would only be condensation if the truck was cold. Mine does it for a little bit after I start it up when it's cold out.