Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum banner

Help with black smoke

726 Views 4 Replies 3 Participants Last post by  CalebHath
I recently purchased a 2001 f250 7.3 power stroke. I replaced injector 8 two weeks ago to fix a miss and everything was going well until I was pulling a trailer and I started billowing black smoke. I made my way home but now I have a terrible knock and constant smoke. Any ideas?

I ran a contribution test cyl 3 and 8 failed. I pulled cyl 3s injector thinking it may be cracked but the injector looks fine. Even threw in a spare just in case with no change. I haven’t pulled cyl 8 yet because it’s brand new and it has never passed the contribution test.

This is video at idle

Here is a video after warm

I’ve since pulled injector 8 and it looks fine

I bought a temp gun and cyl 4 was running way hotter than the rest. I pulled it and it had a crack so swapped it with a new injector. Now the truck doesn’t smoke much at idle but there’s still a slight mist of white smoke and when I drive it I can cover a wide street with white smoke. Before it had absolutely no white smoke any idea of what can be causing it? Cylinder contribution test shows that only cylinder 8 fails but as previously stated cylinder 8 has never passed.
1 - 5 of 5 Posts
How many miles on it ? Any codes ? Any cooling system problems ?
How many miles on it ? Any codes ? Any cooling system problems ?
391k and no cooling problems. The smoke has actually cleared up I pulled the injector and reinstalled it which fixed the mist of white smoke while I drive but it’s knocking now and cyl 4 fails a contribution test which is they cylinder that cracked an injector. It has a new injector but could it be a faulty injector or is it more likely I may have cooked that cylinder? I haven’t ran a compression test yet don’t have the adapter right now.
So it was 3 & 8, but you replaced 4.
Now its 8 and 4 again, but you say they are new?

Where are you getting the injectors?
What scanner are you using?

If you are sure they are new and functioning, then it could be the harness, or something unrelated that you broke while doing injectors.
So it was 3 & 8, but you replaced 4.
Now its 8 and 4 again, but you say they are new?

Where are you getting the injectors?
What scanner are you using?

If you are sure they are new and functioning, then it could be the harness, or something unrelated that you broke while doing injectors.
Sorry for confusion I’m using forscan. At first it told me 3/8 but I found it was 4 that had a cracked injector I replaced it with a new injector from thoroughbred diesel which has cleaned up my smoke but I have a slight knock and cylinder 4/8 still fail a contribution test. Cylinder 8 was knocking when I bought the truck after replacing it my knock went away but it still never passed the test
1 - 5 of 5 Posts
Top