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I have a new to me 1008 that is not running well. I bought the truck not running because the trans was out of the truck.
First time to start the truck it started up fairly easily, no WD40 needed, but it seems like the truck is not running on all cylinders and smokes black pretty bad. The fuel filter is the stock one but new. While the truck was running I checked the injector line at each injector. I thought it was a bad injector but when I loosened the line up on every injector the motor stumbled. That makes me believe that the motor is getting fuel to every cylinder and thus the lift pump (stock mechanical) and the IP are both working. My next thought is to pull all the injectors and have them bench tested and rebuilt if necessary. The truck will barely idle and I have seen some videos on youtube that show the motor sounding like it has a knock and smoking really bad and they said it was a single injector.
Does this sound like an injector issue, or should I pull the valve covers off and see if something else is going on. Since the smoke is black it appears that the motor is getting fuel, and it is running so it is getting air, but it is clearly not running well.
The previous owner installed new heads. He said that the truck did not run well so he pulled the heads and they were all chewed up from running it with a blown head gasket. He said the cylinder and pistons looked good so he just put new heads on. Could one of the push rods have gotten bent?
Just looking for ideas if I should pull the injectors next or if it is better to pull the valve covers?
Thanks in advance
First time to start the truck it started up fairly easily, no WD40 needed, but it seems like the truck is not running on all cylinders and smokes black pretty bad. The fuel filter is the stock one but new. While the truck was running I checked the injector line at each injector. I thought it was a bad injector but when I loosened the line up on every injector the motor stumbled. That makes me believe that the motor is getting fuel to every cylinder and thus the lift pump (stock mechanical) and the IP are both working. My next thought is to pull all the injectors and have them bench tested and rebuilt if necessary. The truck will barely idle and I have seen some videos on youtube that show the motor sounding like it has a knock and smoking really bad and they said it was a single injector.
Does this sound like an injector issue, or should I pull the valve covers off and see if something else is going on. Since the smoke is black it appears that the motor is getting fuel, and it is running so it is getting air, but it is clearly not running well.
The previous owner installed new heads. He said that the truck did not run well so he pulled the heads and they were all chewed up from running it with a blown head gasket. He said the cylinder and pistons looked good so he just put new heads on. Could one of the push rods have gotten bent?
Just looking for ideas if I should pull the injectors next or if it is better to pull the valve covers?
Thanks in advance