SMOKE' EM

ive got a really bad miss in my truck, it just devolped this morning on my way home to work, the truck doesnt have nearly as much power, its smoking white through the exhuast and blow by tube, it seems to be burning oil and its missing really bad, when i re started the truck it sounded really different when it was cranking to start and it now has a slight ticking when running and the exhuast is kinda loping, any ideas??

mwlu711

run compression check to determine if have a bad cylinder or head gasket or it might be a bad injector

SMOKE' EM

were might i get a compression gauge for a diesel, i will have to pull the injectors to do the test right

JD730

Before you jump into it that deep I would very carefully crack injection lines loose and see which one is the dead one. Then go from there.

SMOKE' EM

i cracked the injectors and it seems like 3 and 4 are weak, 5 and 6 were still real strong when i cracked those one the motor lost alot of rpms

SMOKE' EM

ok 3 and 4 are dead i just double checked

SMOKE' EM

so i pulled the 3 and 4 injectors and i was going to swap them with 1 and 2, when i pulled out 2 it was covered in a milky type of oil, so i think i popped the headgasket again

MikeThomas

Dang, bummer.

SMOKE' EM

yup you said it, im thinking about doing the o rings this time

MikeThomas

Let me know where you end up getting them cut at. Right now I have an extra motor hanging out....

SMOKE' EM

have u heard of any local shops cutting the orings, i need my truck back asap as it is my daily driver

MikeThomas

Dang man, I hope what you tell these guys isn't the cause of my miss!

SMOKE' EM

after pulling the head off i found out that i blew the head gasket inbetween the # 3 and 4 cylinders

all i have to say is man is that cylinder head heavy especially when u pick it up by yourself and your truck has a 6 inch lift and 37 inch tires