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Leper said:
My best buddy is broke down in Brownwood Tx. He is on the side of the road right now!!! He is driving a 2001 Dodge turbo diesel. The truck started smoking out the exhaust and lost power. He pulled over for a while to check it out and someone told him to remove the breather. He did and the truck ran fine for 20 minutes and it started doing the same thing again. Does anyone know what is causing it or a simple way to fix it. Any ideas or experiance is greatly appreciated.
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Any add on mods that could be malfunctioning? No help, I know. Good luck to your bud, at least he has a friend like you to help him out.
 
koldsimer said:
Any add on mods that could be malfunctioning? No help, I know. Good luck to your bud, at least he has a friend like you to help him out.
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IT's BUBBA!!!!!
 
1985_K5_Silverado said:
Smoking out the exhaust; white or black smoke? At idle? Under load or acceleration? At a steady cruise?
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Exhaust White smoke, (load ,accelleration and cruise, I believe.)
 
white smoke isn't usually good for the diesels is it?
 
koldsimer said:
white smoke isn't usually good for the diesels is it?
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I know I've heard of this, I just can't remember the fix. I'm thinking it is simple.
 
Leper said:
I know I've heard of this, I just can't remember the fix. I'm thinking it is simple.
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Injector problem maybe... should be black smoke though, right?
 
Leper said:
Exhaust White smoke, (load ,accelleration and cruise, I believe.)
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It's possible that the combustion temp is too low. Does the exhaust have an unusually strong diesel fuel odor? It might also be a bad injector.

Is the cooling system level dropping at all? A head gasket leak can do the white smoke thing (steam, of course, but it looks a lot like white smoke).
 
Hell, it bubba can't figure it out, I don't know why i'm trying to help.
 
1985_K5_Silverado said:
It's possible that the combustion temp is too low. Does the exhaust have an unusually strong diesel fuel odor? It might also be a bad injector.

Is the cooling system level dropping at all? A head gasket leak can do the white smoke thing (steam, of course, but it looks a lot like white smoke).
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Coolant level is fine. The truck was on the road for over an hour when it started, so I think the temp is ok.
 
Leper said:
Coolant level is fine. The truck was on the road for over an hour when it started, so I think the temp is ok.
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Has he got an exhaust temp gauge on that thing? I'm just curious if it reads differently (as in lower) than normal.
 
He was having to floor it to get it to go 40 mph. He stopped and checked everything again, and when he took off, the problem went away for a while again and is back again. Does anyone know anyone into the Dodge diesels they can call for a educated guess. He is several hours away from home right now, limping his truck back to Dallas.
 
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did he get his last fuel from same place as usual?

1. My truck is smoking white/blue smoke:
A: Valve and injector adjustments are not correct. Also verify the accessory drive gear alignments are correct prior to setting the overhead.
B: Bad injector or injectors.
C: Camshaft injector lobe or lobes flaking.
D: Incorrect injection timing.
E: Worn rocker boxes, injector links or push rods.
F: Bad fuel.
G: Water temperature not holding at proper operating temperature.
H: STC/MVT system malfunctioning or lube system sucking air (STC
 
He filled the 100 gallon extra tank before he started the trip. Same place as always. Thanks for the info. As of right now, the truck is running correctly. I am leaning towards an injector problem. I will update in a little while.
 
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