Well, My family just got rocked back with the recent passing of my mother but we did a little poking with the truck. Ended up replacing the brake lines from the proportioning valve back. That almost turned into a disaster lol, the brake line blew while I was loading onto the trailer and I was pushing my other truck and trailer down the driveway until I could stop it, slam in reverse and back up.
The engine smokes white constantly when running and clears up when you crack the number 8 injector. We were planning on replacing the engine in general so I pulled out an old injector and just threw it in. The truck seemed to run a little better so I told my son to just drive it around the yard and neighbors property. We have about 20 acres to run around on between us. While I have not been on top of it recently dealing with family support, the engine stopped smoking and no longer chuffs out the exhaust. It seems like it is clearing up and my son has been driving it around probably 5-6 hrs or so. He is just excited to have his own truck.
We have not taken it out on the road and number 8 still sounds a little weak but you have to listen for it now. A road test down the highway might tell a different tail but we might just run it. I will have to break out my compression tester to see if the numbers went up or down.
Could an injector with excessive spray wash down the rings and cause this kind of damage? I am still worried about the low compression number but it might be one of those "its still running so we keep driving it" deals
