So, I drove my truck back from PA (a 6 hour drive) a few weeks ago and have been using the truck every few days after that. Everything seemed to be running as it should. Even a few days ago, when the temps dropped into the 20's, she fired right up on the first crank.
Over the weekend I gave her a long needed bath, as well as removing the cowl and washing out the trough under the cover when I swapped in my new windshield wiper motor. I did not use her after I got done with everything, as I was waiting for new wiper arms. Anyway, I went to start her yesterday morning. She fired on the first start of the key, caught almost immediately, but ran really rough and was pumping out a lot of blue-grey/white smoke from the exhaust. (on previous cold starts I didn't get any smoke). No matter how much throttle I gave her she would not rev up. She ran for about 30 seconds and then died. It did this several times and finally she refused to fire up at all (she cranks fine, just won't fire). I looked under the truck and noticed that she puked a little oil puddle directly under the rear seal (never did that before). Tried later in the day, after I changed the fuel filter, added some 911 to the tank and when the temps were closer to 30. Got the same result.
Now, if it was an IP related issue, wouldn't it show a few signs of failure before just quitting on me? I have had plenty of power and the truck was running great. Is there anything else I need to look at that could be causing this? The oil puddle is weird and it happened during the cranking/rough running. Could it be a clogged CDR? I just spent a bit of change getting the trans rebuilt and a new rear end put in. My wife will be looking for blood if it is another big ticket item (i.e; an IP).
Any suggestions from the more knowledgeable mechanics would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Over the weekend I gave her a long needed bath, as well as removing the cowl and washing out the trough under the cover when I swapped in my new windshield wiper motor. I did not use her after I got done with everything, as I was waiting for new wiper arms. Anyway, I went to start her yesterday morning. She fired on the first start of the key, caught almost immediately, but ran really rough and was pumping out a lot of blue-grey/white smoke from the exhaust. (on previous cold starts I didn't get any smoke). No matter how much throttle I gave her she would not rev up. She ran for about 30 seconds and then died. It did this several times and finally she refused to fire up at all (she cranks fine, just won't fire). I looked under the truck and noticed that she puked a little oil puddle directly under the rear seal (never did that before). Tried later in the day, after I changed the fuel filter, added some 911 to the tank and when the temps were closer to 30. Got the same result.
Now, if it was an IP related issue, wouldn't it show a few signs of failure before just quitting on me? I have had plenty of power and the truck was running great. Is there anything else I need to look at that could be causing this? The oil puddle is weird and it happened during the cranking/rough running. Could it be a clogged CDR? I just spent a bit of change getting the trans rebuilt and a new rear end put in. My wife will be looking for blood if it is another big ticket item (i.e; an IP).
Any suggestions from the more knowledgeable mechanics would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.