From: Julian Burke (julian@knology.net)
Date: Sat Oct 15 2005 - 17:49:32 PDT
First do a compression check. This will pretty much tell you everything you
will want to know. Julian
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was driving my CUCV to my college classes this morning, and was pulled
> over by an officer for a license plate issue. When I pulled to the side I
> noticed my truck was running rough, and was smoking noticeably more out of
> the left, or drivers side tailpipe. After I was cleared by the officer I
> pulled into a parking lot, and looked at it. It was smoking ou the left
> side, and none out the right. Its running rough, and shaking the truck
> more than normal. The smoke is somewhat white/blue, and smells like
> unburnt diesel fuel, and not like anti-freeze. I loked quickly around the
> head, and didn't see any leakage indicating a blown head gasket. Any
> ideas? I thought it might be a faulty injector dumping way too much fuel
> into one of the cylinders. I drove it to my class, and by the time I got
> there it was still smoking, and still running rough, maybe a bit rougher.
> It was now making a tapping noise. Any ideas? I need to figure something
> out as I am living a ways out of town, and need this truck to get back and
> forth.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Caleb
>
>
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