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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 09:35 PM
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My truck sat for 2 days and today when I started it, it was a little hesitant and puffed out a small cloud of white/greyish smoke.

Is this a sign of something?? Or should I worry about it? The truck is still bone stock
 
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 12:07 AM
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You will get a little more help posting in the Duramax section...
 
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 01:56 AM
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anything out of the ordinary, like oil smells funny. or low coolant smells funny?
 
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 2500HeavyDuty
anything out of the ordinary, like oil smells funny. or low coolant smells funny?
no not that i see. oil looks fine. coolant doesnt smell wierd.
 
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 09:37 PM
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I would get your injector ballance rates checked out... might have one or two out of spec... pushing more fuel into the cylinders than should be
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BriteWhiteRam
I would get your injector ballance rates checked out... might have one or two out of spec... pushing more fuel into the cylinders than should be

****. haha It puffed out i nice cloud this morning. Do dealers charge to get rates checked?

If the rates are bad, what am i hurting? does this mean i need to change injectors?

I am very competent with gas motors. this is my first diesel. Just looking for some info. Thanks
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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regular rate for diagnostic fee
 
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Old Apr 28, 2011 | 08:54 PM
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get it checked out first, then you can go from there

if the balance rates more than 4+/- in park or 6+/- in gear then you probably have a bad injector, if thats the case then yes you need to replace them, you can burn a piston if you run it too long like that, you could also be making oil, I would check your oil and see if it smells like diesel or not
 
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