911 white smoke

[00ba250]

i will try to keep it short. today i finally got my 4" exhaust put on. i picked up my truck and noticed on the way home there is white smoke coming out of my new tailpipe. it only does when i take off from a dead stop or at idle when i rev it up pretty good. it only smoke for just a second when i take off from the redlight. it does it no matter what position i have my ts chip set on. please help me out.

[djordan1184]

Originally Posted by 00ba250

i will try to keep it short. today i finally got my 4" exhaust put on. i picked up my truck and noticed on the way home there is white smoke coming out of my new tailpipe. it only does when i take off from a dead stop or at idle when i rev it up pretty good. it only smoke for just a second when i take off from the redlight. it does it no matter what position i have my ts chip set on. please help me out.

when mine did it really bad was when the motor was hot and I shut it off for about 5 min then started again it smoked really bad. Found out it was my egr cooler.Try that and see what it does after you restart it ,but get it really hot first.

[duramaxslayer]

Bad egr cooler or egr.

[00ba250]

where is the egr and cooler on a 7.3 and keep in mind im far from a mechanic.lol.

[00ba250]

1 more thing the check engine light is not on. did not know if that would help.

[duramaxslayer]

Oh I thought you had a 6.0. didnt notice the double 00
Im not sure about the 7.3s

[djordan1184]

Originally Posted by 00ba250

where is the egr and cooler on a 7.3 and keep in mind im far from a mechanic.lol.

the egr cooler is internal as for the egr valve I'm not sure on a 7.3 but on a 6.0 its next to the oil filter on top of the engine

[vitalidle]

Took this from Dieselmans page "White smoke:
Caused by unburned fuel passing through the engine. Some white smoke is normal on cold start-ups.
Excessive white smoke could be an indication of inoperative glow plugs, loose injectors, low compression from worn rings or bent connecting rods, or coolant leak into the cylinders--head gasket or injector well sleeves. "

[djordan1184]

Originally Posted by 00ba250

1 more thing the check engine light is not on. did not know if that would help.

Hmmm when mine did it my check engine light DID come on.It could also be head gaskets.Do you have any coolant puking out of the degass bottle if it is you should see white residew around the bottle.Keep in mind I'm not a tech but I've already ran in to all of these prob. personaly.all fixed now though

[00ba250]

i dont have any residue around the cap. i have not lost any power it still runs like a bat out of hell. i thought maybe it could be the fiberglass in the muffler or something stupid but after about 30 miles and its still doing it i dont htink so. the smoke smells like burnt rubber.