Thanks Peter,
Intermittent clouds of black smoke... I got a good laugh on that one...:p
I can see a contrail kind of like a jet leaves for about a half mile behind me going up a grade.

Mechanic says he thought this motor was pretty good but we never got to the compression test or injector cleaning as I thought that was excessive dollars. I have a really hard time paying a mechanic more than I paid for the car.

If you can find out any info that would be great. Otherwise how hard is it for a novice deezel owner to pull and check the injectors? I'm a quick study and pretty good with wrenches but have never owned a diesel until this one.