Old Truck.. Issues?..

[ZachBoyer]

OK all. My trucks got 207,000 on it.

It runs good...

When I first start up say 60 degree weather i will puff blue smoke for about 5-10 minutes then all clear. Just started doing it this last year.

Also it doesn't seem like its got that power anymore. Something is holding it back .. especially with a trailer.

Say I put 5,000lbs on the back it doesn't want to go anywhere it will move but doesn't like it. Tranny is brand new. By now theres 60,000 miles on it and I never changed out the T/C.

Now when empty,...... When I was back in utah if I put I put cruise control on at 75 and was going up a 6% grade it would loose about 1 mph by the top of the hill mile long hill.... If I stomp on it in the middle of the grade it will downshift but not want to go too much faster up the grade... I know its a good hill and whatnot but if I have a 5,000lb trailer on I'm lucky to hit 55 by the top of the hill start at 75mph. It just seems like its lacking a bit...

I am in the works of completely tearing down the truck and am going to put stage 1's in but what else is a good preventative measure while im in there...
The truck is as of right now no longer a daily driver so nothing is time restrictive...

Not that it matters in this case but I posted pictures of my work so far. only thing that has been done since the pictures was I ripped the interior completely out...

I am planing to have the entire truck Rhino Lined...

[ZachBoyer]

Couple more pictures in the daylight

[ZachBoyer]

[jethro]

not sure about the blue smoke mine does the same thing also y is there a dodge in your pics : lol

[z250kid]

it could be injector o-rings i did mine cleaned the carbon off the nozzle.
Got more power now its still blue smove at 20 degrees, but mostly black. Dont rhino line the whole thng do in side the fenders.

[z250kid]

i love the two tone blue and white

[ZachBoyer]

Anything for the power loss.... Is there any screens or anything on/in the fuel tanks I could check while the bed is off

Originally Posted by z250kid

i love the two tone blue and white

I do too. Just the truck is a hardcore truck... Haul Cattle in the mountains and run in the Oilfield alot. Plus usual hard wear/tear. Needless to say the body is far from perfect and I want to preserve that so I was thinking rhino lining don't look half bad and would solve a big problem...

Originally Posted by jethro

not sure about the blue smoke mine does the same thing also y is there a dodge in your pics : lol

Dodge????? Iv'e looked twice now and couldn't be more lost.. I got alittle of the chevy in the picture on accident... It's a pile (as I expected) but its free!!!

[jethro]

Originally Posted by ZachBoyer

Dodge????? Iv'e looked twice now and couldn't be more lost.. I got alittle of the chevy in the picture on accident... It's a pile (as I expected) but its free!!!

it looks alot like a dodge rear in the two pics taken from the rear of your truck

[ZachBoyer]

Ah no the be the Chev.

[ZachBoyer]