white-blue smoke
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white-blue smoke
I just bought my first cummins, a 94 sd cab with 130,000mi.<br>the first morning i started it after i got it home i noticed a little white-blue smoke, then when i drive it blows alot for about thirty seconds to a minute and clears up. it also blows a little a full trottle with no load. i would not worry but we have three 93s at work and they have 350,000 and do not smoke at all except a little black smoke on acceleration. other than that it runs ok and seems to have normal power for a stock cummins.
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Re:white-blue smoke
Are you getting this smoke after the engine has reached operating temp...most diesels blow white smoke when cold (low combustion temp) mine will smoke white until its warmed up ???
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It does still smoke at full throttle even if it is warm but not like it does when cold. just a little but i can smell it in the cab when driving and it really burns the eyes....ive searched this site and it seems my timing may be off,, is this common or could it be something else.
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[quote author=94dsl4x4 link=board=16;threadid=10037;start=0#96250 date=1043456048]<br>It does still smoke at full throttle even if it is warm but not like it does when cold. just a little but i can smell it in the cab when driving and it really burns the eyes....ive searched this site and it seems my timing may be off,, is this common or could it be something else.<br>[/quote]<br>Differences between 1rst gen & 2nd gen. Mine does the same thing. My buddies w/91's don't smoke, as you noted. Biggest difference IMHO is the injection pump. 1rst gen used VE rotary pump which has cold start timing advance (variable timed pump). 94-98's use p7100 inline fixed timing pump, more prone to smoke under certain circumstances. Mine smokes tons when cold, especially coasting downhill. Let the engine warm under load for a few minutes (keep rpms lower), usually clears up much faster. I usually idle mine w/defroster on for few minutes to speed warmup time. Seems to help some. Retarded timing can also cause same problem. Have found that diesel additives (especially anti-gel when cold) reduces smoke. Biggest thing is not to get on throttle hard when cold. After engine warms a bit and fuel heats as recirculated through tank, gradually bring up rpm/power.<br>just my .02...<br>Regards,<br>-Scott
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