HELP

[powerhungry07]

i am new at this site as well as to the world of diesels. i have a 97 f250 powerstroke and uponn start up esp cold starts and cold morning plugged in or not it will push oil smoke out the exhaust. what is the reason after a minute it goes away and it worsens when i approach 2,000 rpm

 

[Tim the 2lman]

Are you talking about blue smoke by any chance? How many miles on your rig. Are there any mods to it?

 

[powerhungry07]

yes the smoke is a whiteish blueish and it has 170k miles on it and is a complete stocker

 

[yoslick]

sounds like injector o-rings are shot, do a search, not real hard to do and fairly cheap also..

 

[powerhungry07]

awesome i will lk into that

 

[jfinch]

if ya want a fairly easy way to see of the o rings are not good, just check the fuel filter bowl for oil (bluish blackish crap), also if you remove the valve covers and look in there while running and you see excessive oil coming out from around the injectors, than there ya go. good luck.

 

[Agnem]

My 02' has 170K on it also. I just suffered the fuel in coolant problem, and I have at least one cracked injector sleeve, and ALL the lower O-rings on my injectors are all chewed up.

 

[NJKen]

My 02' has 170K on it also. I just suffered the fuel in coolant problem, and I have at least one cracked injector sleeve, and ALL the lower O-rings on my injectors are all chewed up.

Must be something with the X. One of my coworkers just had the same problem.
As for the goings on here, it may just be as simple as a bad glowplug or 2. If the truck runs ok and is not adding fuel to the radiator anyway.
Ken

 

[powerhungry07]

thanks

tank all of you very much you have given me some leads

 

[BigRigTech]

Blue smoke on startup is quite normal for a PSD....Nothing to be concerned about...Try a set of injector o-rings but unless the truck runs bad I wouldn't worry....I've yet to see one that doesn't do that with a few miles on it. It alway's clears out quick.

 

[Double-S-Diesel]

170K Id lean towards the injectors being weak espec if still missin at 2k

 

[BigRigTech]

Bad VC gaskets and UVCH can cause smoke too if the injectors aren't firing right/well.

 

[powerhungry07]

awesomei will look into to it all