well guys had my 12 valve for 1000 miles now, got everything figured out that i can without asking any dumb questions on here, after 5 days of going through wiring harnesses finding shorts and fixing the P.O. abortion of scotchloks everywhere on the truck, fixing the trailer wiring and trailer brakes; im finally ready to tackle the motor and how its running.
A set of gauges is next on my list as its hard to diagnose anything without them. a question on that actually, having a standard guys always recommend getting fuel pressure instead of tranny temp. do 5 speeds just not heat up or are they a non worry? i tow a 10,000 pound toy hauler empty so would be nice to know if i have to worry about this little 5 speed. i know boost and EGT are my other two big ones to get
as far as i know the truck is stock. fuel plate safety screw hasn't been touched, doesn't blow excessive black some or any at all with low boost. also a bit of an issue here P.O. chopped up the exhaust so all i have is a 3" straight pipe going back to the rear diff and then stopping. not being a welder and not paying $100 for a piece of tailpipe when a 4" mbrp kit is $380. on that note for exhaust i only want to buy it once, do the 12 valves have any issues with back pressure from the exhaust, hence can i use a 5" exhaust or is it overkill and just go with a 4", or does it sound way cooler to have 5" or does it sound like shhh?
back to the hazy idle, so as far as im concerned the motor is stock, it doesnt pull to hard when low boost, doesnt really smoke but again i cant really tell because i cant even see the tail pipe, it does however get up to 100 mph pretty quick in 5th gear though even going up steep grades empty, not sure if that is normal for a stock 12 valve i believed they were a bit sluggish from everything i heard in the past. anyways whilst trying to figure out my trailer wiring and being behind the truck messing with the plug in, the fumes coming off the exhaust were so bad i almost couldnt breathe and almost enough to make me tear up. smoke was a white ish haze maybe grey.
now i know diesels smoke when they are cold fine. this one smokes at idle all the time. when returning home after motor is fully hot everytime. before you point at oil, or coolant its not, i have a powerstroke i know what coolant smells like when it burns and usually when oil is being burnt you will see oil in the exhaust pipe, plus i havent lost any coolant nor oil. i do have a bit of white smoke coming out of the oil fill tube, but from what i have read normal.
this leads me to believe something had to have been done to the timing, or idle or something isn't running correctly. where do i start guys????? :help1:
i would go at it myself and spend countless dollars and time checking unnecessary stuff that i deemed important to fueling from the service manual but who really like wasting $$$ or there time when someone else could know the exact thing they need to do right?:confused013:
A set of gauges is next on my list as its hard to diagnose anything without them. a question on that actually, having a standard guys always recommend getting fuel pressure instead of tranny temp. do 5 speeds just not heat up or are they a non worry? i tow a 10,000 pound toy hauler empty so would be nice to know if i have to worry about this little 5 speed. i know boost and EGT are my other two big ones to get
as far as i know the truck is stock. fuel plate safety screw hasn't been touched, doesn't blow excessive black some or any at all with low boost. also a bit of an issue here P.O. chopped up the exhaust so all i have is a 3" straight pipe going back to the rear diff and then stopping. not being a welder and not paying $100 for a piece of tailpipe when a 4" mbrp kit is $380. on that note for exhaust i only want to buy it once, do the 12 valves have any issues with back pressure from the exhaust, hence can i use a 5" exhaust or is it overkill and just go with a 4", or does it sound way cooler to have 5" or does it sound like shhh?
back to the hazy idle, so as far as im concerned the motor is stock, it doesnt pull to hard when low boost, doesnt really smoke but again i cant really tell because i cant even see the tail pipe, it does however get up to 100 mph pretty quick in 5th gear though even going up steep grades empty, not sure if that is normal for a stock 12 valve i believed they were a bit sluggish from everything i heard in the past. anyways whilst trying to figure out my trailer wiring and being behind the truck messing with the plug in, the fumes coming off the exhaust were so bad i almost couldnt breathe and almost enough to make me tear up. smoke was a white ish haze maybe grey.
now i know diesels smoke when they are cold fine. this one smokes at idle all the time. when returning home after motor is fully hot everytime. before you point at oil, or coolant its not, i have a powerstroke i know what coolant smells like when it burns and usually when oil is being burnt you will see oil in the exhaust pipe, plus i havent lost any coolant nor oil. i do have a bit of white smoke coming out of the oil fill tube, but from what i have read normal.
this leads me to believe something had to have been done to the timing, or idle or something isn't running correctly. where do i start guys????? :help1:
i would go at it myself and spend countless dollars and time checking unnecessary stuff that i deemed important to fueling from the service manual but who really like wasting $$$ or there time when someone else could know the exact thing they need to do right?:confused013: