Help...6.7 CTD smoking (update: Cracked injector)

Bird Freak wrote:
I wondered who the would be the first to take a shot at Ford in a Ram post. Anyone else notice not one low class shot taken at Ram? Stuff happens to all of them. Just an observation.:)

Yea, I saw it too...
Some people can't help themselves sometimes. Other people can't ever help themselves...

carringb wrote:
X2 on not driving. If it's the EGR cooler, it can cause more damage. If its the DPF if means its trying to burn off excess fuel, which could end up fouling it or plugging it with ash. A 2014 won't ever smoke during regen. Actually none of the 6.7's do, unlike the Ford 6.4L.

I wondered who the would be the first to take a shot at Ford in a Ram post. Anyone else notice not one low class shot taken at Ram? Stuff happens to all of them. Just an observation.:)

Fixed it, thanks Chris

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

SoCalDesertRider wrote:

tdst51 wrote:
This is what I was told a long time ago. I'm not even close to being a mechanic, but here it is. Probably way more complicated than I realize.

1. White smoke- steam, or water related
2. Blue smoke- oil
3. Black smoke- gas/fuel

Yep, that is correct.

Not even close.

Look at these runaways running on oil.

I blew a turbo seal once and I never seen so much pretty white smoke in your life!

Here is a stuck injector

Blown head gasket



The only way I can tell these apart is the smell. Easy to tell if it's fuel, oil or coolant from the smell.

First two links are the same!!! Chris

SoCalDesertRider wrote:

tdst51 wrote:
This is what I was told a long time ago. I'm not even close to being a mechanic, but here it is. Probably way more complicated than I realize.

1. White smoke- steam, or water related
2. Blue smoke- oil
3. Black smoke- gas/fuel

Yep, that is correct.

Not even close.

Look at these runaways running on oil.

I blew a turbo seal once and I never seen so much pretty white smoke in your life!

Here is a stuck injector

Blown head gasket



The only way I can tell these apart is the smell. Easy to tell if it's fuel, oil or coolant from the smell.

SoCalDesertRider wrote:

tdst51 wrote:
This is what I was told a long time ago. I'm not even close to being a mechanic, but here it is. Probably way more complicated than I realize.

1. White smoke- steam, or water related
2. Blue smoke- oil
3. Black smoke- gas/fuel

Yep, that is correct.

In the case of diesels, white smoke can mean a rich diesel fuel mixture. For older diesels can happens when you have a very plugged air filter, for all diesels, can happen with a stuck fuel injector or just a cold start with incomplete combustion in some cases.

tdst51 wrote:
This is what I was told a long time ago. I'm not even close to being a mechanic, but here it is. Probably way more complicated than I realize.

1. White smoke- steam, or water related
2. Blue smoke- oil
3. Black smoke- gas/fuel

White smoke is also from unburnt diesel. The in-laws' farm 80's Freightliner (Cummins 350) cranks out a ton of it until it warms up.

Are you making oil? (Oil level going up) Are you loosing coolant?

tdst51 wrote:
This is what I was told a long time ago. I'm not even close to being a mechanic, but here it is. Probably way more complicated than I realize.

1. White smoke- steam, or water related
2. Blue smoke- oil
3. Black smoke- gas/fuel

Yep, that is correct.

This is what I was told a long time ago. I'm not even close to being a mechanic, but here it is. Probably way more complicated than I realize.

1. White smoke- steam, or water related
2. Blue smoke- oil
3. Black smoke- gas/fuel