I had the same problem with mine. It would take awhile to crank, and than the white smoke. I changed all the GP's. GP's are working. Batteries went out. New batteries. Alt went out. New alt. Still the same. Changed the starter. That was the problem. It was turning too slow. It was 30 degrees the other a.m. WTS went off. Cranked right up. No smoke. 40 degrees this a.m. Didn't wait for the WTS to go off. Cranked right up. The new starter spins the 7.3 very FAST. 460,000 miles and still pulling hard. Maybe get the starter checked.

 

yes your fine, if anything just change the glow plugs out if you wanna spend the $80 on new ones. it'll live. im here in ohio too, in Lima, i've been seeing the same weather you have, i got a couple gp's bad. talk about skipping and smokin hard, mine will white out the neighborhood until some heat finally gets in the cylinders!

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and thats another good point ^

having weak batteries or starters will also greatly effect how these things start in the cold (like any car or truck). the faster you can get the motor up to speed, the less effort the motor's gonna have to put into doing it itself (less fuel=less smoke).

im gonna say with the amount of miles you have, chances are the glow plugs havent been replaced, they're probably due.

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How long have you owned the truck by the way?

 

the WTS is just a glorified idiot light. but white smoke is cold un burnt fuel.

 

Since the week after fourth of July but it that Monday


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oh so you havent had it a winter yet?

haha no this is completely normal, bad/weak glow plugs cause this all the time. mine will crank 5-6 times before it fires and smoke like a bastard for like, a minute until it gets some heat going.

i'd say your looking at glow plugs.

truck is a 99' right? ill tell you how to test them

 

Yes 99 late. I did happen to notice last night when it was colder than a well diggers a** that it seemed like my battery's were having troubles. There two different brands and two different cca I've been meaning to replace. What brand is reccomennded


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well i have optima red tops and i love them. but it depends how thick your wallet is.

 

Yeah I know there expensive what'd they run ya if ya don't care to tell


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well i got them a few years ago. but i think i paid about $450 for the two.

 

please dont confuse the man. These trucks do that when it gets that cold. Everything is normal