R Leo,
The smoke is thick and doesn't dissipate. It smells heavily of diesel fuel, not a burned oil smell at all. Fuel mileage had gone from 22mpg down to 17mpg in 2 or 3 tanks.
Went by indy mechanic today, who also was Bousch authorized (per Yellow Pages). I called them and they test diesel injectors for $80 bucks. He ended up trying to talk me into compression test, then tuneup. $200 for compression test, $400 "or so" if full tuneup is necessary. Any injector testing/work was even more. Told them I would think about it, grabbed my 5 injectors and hit the door.
Believe it or not, ******** MB gave the cheapest quote on injector testing, at $40 or $50 bucks. But the guy had to go see if they still had machine to test them, which they did.
I can't decide whether to have them tested, just buy 5 new ones, or what. $ is a real issue, but I'm sure that's the case with most of us.
I'm open to suggestions.
Jimmy

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John