Blowin' smoke..

Cthulhu · Jul 24, 2012

So.. I got the truck in my sig... I've noticed in the last while its been easier to blow black smoke.. to the point when I take off after starting the truck and backing out of the driveway its very noticeable... Is that anything to worry about? I've got a 2200km round trip to do next week and don't want something roasting/etc while I'm away. Mileage/power/behaviour seems to be about the same.. It'll roll smoke comin' up the hill coming home if I'm on the throttle...

zack · Jul 24, 2012

are you running a programmer

Cthulhu · Jul 24, 2012

I had a BullyDog Triple Dog but I haven't had it on there for over a year... Fully stock.

Stangshcky12 · Jul 24, 2012

How many miles/km's do you have on the truck?

My girlfriends CTD did te same thing, injectors were toast
We were driving normally(up a hill so a slight load on the truck when I really noticed something was wrong) and it was pouring black smoke

She had just over 150k miles on the truck, which is about the time they are known to go bad because Of the inadequate filtration system
Our fuel supply was probably a bigger reason of why they went

Cthulhu · Jul 24, 2012

163,000kms IIRC..

Its not rolling thick walls of smoke, just more than it used to.. There's truck around here who must have open-tubes running into the cylinders they cloud up the road so bad... its not that bad...

Will a Cummins shop be any cheaper than a Ram dealer to get this diagnosed if I need to? And will it throw a code if injectors start taking a crap?

zack · Jul 24, 2012

time for injectors the way it sounds

Cthulhu · Jul 24, 2012

I've got powertrain for until 180,000kms (extended).... are injectors covered?

Stangshcky12 · Jul 24, 2012

Lol I'm trying to upload a pretty good coal rollin' video now but its taking forever

Never threw a code here, local Cummins shop diagnosed it for me as well
They said that it was really a good thing I had noticed it, that most dont and end up melting a cylinder
I'm not sure what your best bet would be as far as where to go
I would think it would be covered

RYAN66 · Jul 25, 2012

definitely injectors, mine are starting to act up also but nothing to bad yet. It is better to do it sooner then later.

ramhunter9 · Jul 25, 2012

Try taking it out on a good long run and get those EGT'S up over 1k and hold them there for a few min ..
Burn that carbon off them injector tips . Might be a issue of a carbon'd up nozzle .

Carbon burns off at 980-1000 deg

USMC1188 · Jul 25, 2012

ramhunter9 said:
Try taking it out on a good long run and get those EGT'S up over 1k and hold them there for a few min ..
Burn that carbon off them injector tips . Might be a issue of a carbon'd up nozzle .

Carbon burns off at 980-1000 deg

Good idea. Also throw like a double dose of diesel kleen or something in the tank.

But it could very well be injectors. They should be covered under the powertrain warranty. I had mine replaced under warranty late last year.

Cthulhu · Jul 25, 2012

I hate to admit it but I still don't have gauges I've been wanting to do for a while. Any attempt to get EGTs up would be the blind leading the blind. I've got a 12hr drive coming up where runtime will be long to clear things up a bit.. It has been a while since its had a good long run. I've got a jug of diesel clean in the truck, so I'll throw that in on my next fill.

Thanks for all the advice guys! I really appreciate it!

USMC1188 · Jul 25, 2012

Even without gauges, take her out on a hilly back road and run the hell out of it for a little while.

Good luck! Hope that's all it is

Stangshcky12 · Jul 25, 2012

Make sure you at least watch coolant temps

JP03 · Aug 8, 2012

iam sorry to bring this thread back but were you guys noticing thick smoke pouring out or just a little because iam noticing light smoke when accelerating but i dont know if its normal and iam just noticing it more now or not

Stangshcky12 · Aug 8, 2012

Depending what your edge is set on, some smoke is normal under acceraltion or lugging the truck

Cthulhu · Aug 8, 2012

Well, an update, and for the last post, hopefully this helps you. I did the drive and ran gunk injector cleaner and got rid of all the excessive smoke. It'll still blow a bit under hard acceleration, but otherwise its clean.

Sent from my Tapatalkin' BB 9800

RYAN66 · Aug 9, 2012

A good puff under hard acceleration is normal, when you notice hazing at mid throttle all the way through the rpm range is a good sign.

do you run any additives? I usually run diesel kleen every other tank and it has seemed to help since I bought it.

JP03 · Aug 9, 2012

RYAN66 said:
A good puff under hard acceleration is normal, when you notice hazing at mid throttle all the way through the rpm range is a good sign.

do you run any additives? I usually run diesel kleen every other tank and it has seemed to help since I bought it.

cody edge is on mileage all the time and ryan i normally do not rund additives but that is going to change when i fill up next, also iam noticing it under mild to hard acceleration thanks for the replies guys

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