Smokey & Rough Start up....

[deerefanatic]

Here's my video on YouTube....... And some of you were worried about a little puff at start up! :p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKECT4njOU

Also, for those reading my post on my DTC 29 & 36, the Service Engine Soon light came on right about at the time that the engine smoothed out and blew that last big cloud of smoke.........

[MAGNUM SERVICES]

Mine does that too when not plugged in in the winter, I never worry about it BUT the neighbors don't like it .

[deerefanatic]

Yah, well this thing did the exact same shanadigins yesterday when it was on the block heater too.. I just videotaped it today.

Also, yesterday when I started it, it smoked and stumbled like that... It tried to give it some throttle to smooth it out (like I do on my little Mercedes in winter when it's stumbling....) and it just wouldn't respond... It stumbled for about 8-9 seconds (like on that clip) and then responded to my throttle inputs and smoothed right out.........

I'm thinking Possible IP probs?

[torque454]

I think you have an injector problem and probably a dead glowplug or two or eight. Maybe the relay? Also ive noticed on my gassers, (i seem to get ahold of them all with bad valve seals) they leak oil into the cylinder when it gets shut off and sits for a lil while. Hop back in to start it and its difficult like that to start, and it blows a horrible amount of smoke just like that too. On the fords its a thick cloud of smoke for just a second, but on the 72 chevy I just got rid of it would smoke like hell just like your truck in the vid, until it burned off all that oil. Sometimes for five minutes or so. The odd part is that it never really seemed to use any oil, the level was maybe 1/4 to 1/2 quart low after a thousand miles worth of driving, over several cold overnight starts which is the only time it ever smoked like that. For you, that could maybe be a turbo oil seal? or a valve seal? Or just a bad spray pattern from the injectors (not spraying right) or even just inadequate firing from a bad glow plug, or several glow plugs. Could be low compression, too.

[torque454]

Also sounds like its ignoring the TPP. So maybe the fuel solenoid? Or PMD? I'm not too convinced the PMD coolers help as much as everyone would like to believe. Seems to me that people still have problems with them, just maybe not quite as fast. I dont really think its the IP. I think its something that controls the IP. A sensor, or something like that, or an engine problem. Tho with the codes it sounds like its a fuel problem.

[deerefanatic]

Yah, the Code 36 points to the Fuel Solenoid.... Seems like it's sticking for a while until it frees itself after which it responds to throttle pedal and smooths out and stops smoking so bad....

I know it' ain't oil cause oil is blue when burned..........

[torque454]

Yeah, id agree with that. Fuel solenoid. Was kinda hard to tell what color the smoke was.

[SCREAMINXL]

I disagree on the PMD coolers. Do a search you will find a company that stands behind their product for 7 years.

[torque454]

Do they stand behind the PMD they are mounted on too? :D It just seems that everyone still has PMD problems even after being remotely mounted.