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the dreaded powerstroke no start cold

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Old 01-24-2010, 12:32 AM
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The power the heater uses hasn't changed the light bill very much and it only gets plugged in at night or if the truck is going to sit long enough to get cold.
 
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Old 01-24-2010, 12:56 AM
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The only time I had that issue was lettin the truck sit over 12 hours or so. 8-10 day at work was usually ok.
 
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Old 01-24-2010, 02:27 PM
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That kind of sounds like the symptoms of ours. If it is injectors it will have to wait until the diving business picks up in the spring. At least it starts good when the block heater is plugged in.
 
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Old 01-25-2010, 02:54 PM
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did you replace all the copper o-rings on the bottom of the injectors or check to see if they were all there???
 
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Old 01-25-2010, 05:54 PM
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Sure did. I put all new o-rings and copper washers. I used the injectors from the old engine.
 
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Old 01-25-2010, 09:03 PM
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were they original injectors? i think we may have found the problem here with the one thing that carried over from the other engine...
 
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Old 01-25-2010, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Chvyrkr
And I hate to say it, but I'm pretty sure the injectors are gettin weak. The poppets are allowin cold heavy oil to push past. It'll still pass tests, and won't throw codes, but it'll do what you're sayin...

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Old 01-25-2010, 09:27 PM
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It is starting to sound like a real possibility.
 
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Old 01-26-2010, 11:17 AM
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internal injector leak, lots of blue smoke when it does fire when its cold?
 
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Old 01-26-2010, 11:12 PM
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Before I changed the engine it smoked bad when it started but new o-rings on the injectors fixed that. Now it doesn't have any excessive smoke when starting.
 
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