messed up 93 6.5 td
So, this is my first real post as I have been reading all the posts that may pertain to my issues. There is so much great information on here.
First I have a 93 Chevy 6.5 TD, K3500, single rear wheels, extended cab, long box, w/gooseneck hitch. (Love the gooseneck nothing pulls better.) 234,000 miles. I have had this truck for about 6 yrs., with only a few problems.
This last winter while using it to pull the mini excavator around, it began to show problems. It would start fine, I plug it in religiously, after about 5-10 min. at idle it would sputter and miss. Sometimes I could give it just a little higher idle and it would come out of it, sometimes not. I could crank it over and it would take just a little to pop off again like it got a little air. This would happen sometimes 3-4 times in a row, the same way. Once I get it to the open road and get moving, I kind of baby it a little, it would come out of it and be fine the whole rest of the day, even letting it set while at work for 8 hrs. I have had the tank down and cleaned, all new parts there, pick up hose, sending unit, all that, the old ones snapped off when i tried to remove them. I did the new lift pump, and new factory fuel line to the filter, new filter several times.
That stuff I can live with, gets frustrating though, but last week I started it and it acted like it was loading up with fuel. Started fine and idled fine for 8 min. and I tried to move it. I made it about 60 ft. and it started acting up again. This time though it was puffing lots of white smoke that smelled like lighter fluid on a BBQ when someone puts the lid on and snuffs the fire out before the fluid is all burnt up. Of course I was 3 miles from nowhere, with my partner in crime and no one else to call. So I checked under the hood (like I could tell anything from looking) and with out tools, I was forced to try to start it again. It smoked a lot, like a 007 smoke screen. It wasn't making any noises abnormal to the diesel except for a little miss. I have acquired a compression tester, and am planning on replacing the injectors and pump if all the cylinders are up to snuff.
I am looking for a word of encouragement in hopes that I am headed in the right direction. What is a good psi or is it OK if they are just all close to the same.
Any ideas on these issues, are they related.
BTW at first with the "air" problem it was helped by leaving the fuel cap loose.
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that makes me a feel a little better that's a large expense i don't mind not making. That would leave enough for that 4" exhaust. Which leaves another question which would last longer for the money the aluminized steel or the stainless?
