It’s definitely not coolant/antifreeze I have the nose for that.
Donald H. Snook
> On Jan 24, 2021, at 6:25 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
>
> A little hard to start and white smoke could be a glow plug. Or leaky
> valves.
> Anything that keeps the temperatures in one or more cylinders down below
A little hard to start and white smoke could be a glow plug. Or leaky valves.
Anything that keeps the temperatures in one or more cylinders down below
ignition temperature when the fuel is squirted in. Clouds of unburned vaporized
fuel are white-ish, and smell like diesel. White smoke that
The gauge sender is often glommed up after years of crud in the tank. It’s an
easy fix that I’ve written up several times. You can do this with a pair of big
channelocks, you don’t have to have a 36mm socket.
Here’s the archive of it:
Hard starting could be some tight valves.
White/blue smoke is unburned fuel, could be some injectors are still
dirty dispite the purge. Drive it for a few weeks with some more Italian
tuneups, Techron additive in the fuel. Check the air filter and intake
for any mouse nests or general filth etc.
I did a diesel purge with the kit from Kent (Mercedes Source). It worked very
well. I thought. At first, it was spewing out a lot of white smoke. About
halfway through it smoothed out and had no smoke. None.
I took it on a drive. It is still a little slow. I’m thinking valves are out of
