bigred*
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Ugh, i cant believe im having to do this.. Haha my $500 steal has tyrned for the worst, soive been having some issues, mainly fuel issues.. I will admit, this was my first diesel and i had no clue you dont use starter fluid on these.. I have learned soo much in the past few weeks..
First time i started the truck with starting fluid i dont remember any smoke out if tge ordinary, but lack of fuel so it wouldnt drive
Replaced the ip, mechanical lift pump and some cracked fuel lines and im finally getting good fuel delivery, need to replace the injectors next.. During replacing these parts over time i continued using ether to start, usually itd only run for a few seconds, then one day i started loosing coolant out the front of my block, stained my drive way about the size of the truck, coolant leak wasnt there when i got it
Well heres how it currently is, it will not start without a small shot of ether, sometimes it makes a real loud squeal when it starts up, itll rev up high then drop down to like 100-200rpm,the tach doesnt even recognize it, i dont know how it doesnt stall, then itll slowly works its way back up to about 800rpm,and it smokes alot. I thought i was having a fueling issue causing the smoke, however when i fixed the fueling issue, the idle and revving got better, but the smoke got heavier. Itll idle forever, but the engine shakes pretty bad every few seconds like its missing, when i rev it up usually itll stitter trting to rev up, and it smokes so much, like it looks like a cloud from the sky in my front yard, i cant see through it it gets so thick, turned it off for fear of cops being called.
I have no air conpressor for a pressure test.. In the sunlight the smoke sometimes has a blue tint in it, which double worries me that i have rings going out also.. Im pretty sure i blew the head gasket, cuz the coolant looks like its coming right out the head gasket, and i think i blew it by trying to start with ether! Headbang!
Wanna see if you guys have any tips or advice on things to try. What im thinking im gonna do is i can get a gasket kit on ebay that comes with head bolts, valve guide seals, intake gasket ect for $160. And im thinking im just going to take the fron of the truck off, radiator, grill bumper ect and just leave the engine mounted in the truck.. Lets hope i didnt crack a piston, and with the heads off, i should be able to look in the cylinders to see if its cavitation right? Idk does this sound like a bad idea? Dang truck.. At least if i do this on the resale i could say NEW HEADGADKETS! Haha do you guys see an alternative.. Im not to disappointed if i go this route, think another $100 to machine the heads, id be less then $1000 into including purchase price and have a great running diesel.. I am curious though why it wont start without ether though, even if it has a blown head gasket id imagine itd still start up on it own.. I know i have one bad glow plug on the good head gasket side..
First time i started the truck with starting fluid i dont remember any smoke out if tge ordinary, but lack of fuel so it wouldnt drive
Replaced the ip, mechanical lift pump and some cracked fuel lines and im finally getting good fuel delivery, need to replace the injectors next.. During replacing these parts over time i continued using ether to start, usually itd only run for a few seconds, then one day i started loosing coolant out the front of my block, stained my drive way about the size of the truck, coolant leak wasnt there when i got it
Well heres how it currently is, it will not start without a small shot of ether, sometimes it makes a real loud squeal when it starts up, itll rev up high then drop down to like 100-200rpm,the tach doesnt even recognize it, i dont know how it doesnt stall, then itll slowly works its way back up to about 800rpm,and it smokes alot. I thought i was having a fueling issue causing the smoke, however when i fixed the fueling issue, the idle and revving got better, but the smoke got heavier. Itll idle forever, but the engine shakes pretty bad every few seconds like its missing, when i rev it up usually itll stitter trting to rev up, and it smokes so much, like it looks like a cloud from the sky in my front yard, i cant see through it it gets so thick, turned it off for fear of cops being called.
I have no air conpressor for a pressure test.. In the sunlight the smoke sometimes has a blue tint in it, which double worries me that i have rings going out also.. Im pretty sure i blew the head gasket, cuz the coolant looks like its coming right out the head gasket, and i think i blew it by trying to start with ether! Headbang!
Wanna see if you guys have any tips or advice on things to try. What im thinking im gonna do is i can get a gasket kit on ebay that comes with head bolts, valve guide seals, intake gasket ect for $160. And im thinking im just going to take the fron of the truck off, radiator, grill bumper ect and just leave the engine mounted in the truck.. Lets hope i didnt crack a piston, and with the heads off, i should be able to look in the cylinders to see if its cavitation right? Idk does this sound like a bad idea? Dang truck.. At least if i do this on the resale i could say NEW HEADGADKETS! Haha do you guys see an alternative.. Im not to disappointed if i go this route, think another $100 to machine the heads, id be less then $1000 into including purchase price and have a great running diesel.. I am curious though why it wont start without ether though, even if it has a blown head gasket id imagine itd still start up on it own.. I know i have one bad glow plug on the good head gasket side..
so the symptoms, very very hard to start, dripping coolant, i could see the coolant dripping off the head gasket, and when it would start, white smoke everywhere, lots of white smoke, stumbling idle and would shutter when it tried to rev like it was missing.. I hadnt gotten around to testing the coolant, but to me it all pointed to a head gasket, which i thought i blew using ether to start
