do clogged injectors=blue taolpipe smoke?
heard this today from a former mechanic. he said an accompaning loss of power occurs when the injectors are clogged and the tailpipe smoke is blue?
this is a diesel schoolbus non mb(but we are getting mb engined buses in the near future). any truth? |
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clogged injectors would have either white smoke or black smoke along with a heavy odor of fuel in the smoke. |
83-240D,
Seems like clogged injectors would not cause smoke from the exhaust. If an injector was not injecting fuel the engine would miss fire on that cylinder and only air would come out of the cylinder. White smoke from the exhaust it actually unburned fuel, fuel that has not ignited. I don't see how a clogged injector would cause unburned fuel to get into the exhaust sine it isn't injecting any fuel. Just my logical conclusion. P E H |
thanks fellas.
i thought that idea was wrong. loss of power would then be caused by the rings getting a little wide reducing compression and allowing oil into the cylinder. i will ask the driver about hard starting also. |
I've seen "clogged" injectors that still pass fuel -- dripping instead of spraying. In that case you get nailing and black smoke from unburned fuel.
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http://www.freeautoadvice.com/diesel/smoke.html
Here is a link to a diesel exhaust color analysis article. It is not the best one that I have seen but it was high on the google list. Google will probably give you better. I googled:diesel diagnostics smoke color Quote:
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smoking
the blue smoke from unburnt diesel and the blue smoke from oil consumption is not easily distinguished in my experience. the way to tell one from another is to look at how and when it is smoking.
otherwise the above list of symptoms etc is excellent. |
very informative
I have recently been dealing with some unusual smoking with my 300CD, maybe someone can shed some light on.
For the last few months, when it was cold out, I'd start the car in the morning and let it idle about 5-10 minutes. After backing out of the driveway and on the first acceleration, a nice BIG cloud of white smoke with some blue tint would exit the car. The rest of the time, it produced no visible smoke. It will still do this. With in the last two weeks, I've noticed when I'm sitting at a light it will start smoking heavily untill I pull away, and then no visible smoke, only at idle. There also doesn't seem to be a pattern to it, as in it doesn't do it everytime I come to a stop. The last time it did it was yestarday when I came to stoplight after about 10 miles of Interstate driving between 70-80mph. Its really starting to bug me. Thanks for any advice... |
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http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/122334-tech-specs-injectors-torque-bar-pressures.html More info and some links in this thread. |
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