3406E Smoke at idle

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  1. Gumper

    Gumper Road Train Member

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    The 3406E in my W900 has started smoking at idle. There’s a light gray haze when not under load, and a pretty healthy cloud when it starts after sitting awhile that definitely smells like diesel. Happens all the time whether warm or cold. I assume it’s an injector, but want opinions. Need it to get through next week before I can work on it. A00BAB81-40AC-4B33-B083-56BEEED43D17.jpeg
     
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  3. DieselTech_Aus

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    likely to be one or more worn injector tips leaking into cylinder when engine is off.

    only way to pick short of replacing all 6 (which is what id recommend) it to remove exhaust manifold and let sit over night. set up good quality video camera with slow motion play back and film exhaust ports on start up.

    smokey ports are your bad injectors
     
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    Does it clear up once you get rolling ? If it does, keep running it and plan on getting it fixed, if it doesn’t, I would find which injector is leaking and replaced it genuine. To much fuel in a cylinder could hydro lock and even bend a rod.
     
  5. Gumper

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    Thanks for the replies. The only time it smokes is while it’s idling under 1000 rpm. Warm or cold it puffs the same. No smoke at all while driving, and no loss of power. That picture is after running all day. The lights on the fuel station awning emphasize the smoke a bit. Curious how urgently they need to be replaced. I’d like to get a couple more weeks out of it anyway before spending a ton of money replacing all six injectors. I know of a roll off container truck at a place I used to work that has had a Cat with a leaking injector going on 7 years now.
     
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