White Smoke then Stalls

oldblue2 · Apr 7, 2015

Here my problem . I have a 1962 Super Major . Starts fine . It will run 2 -3 hours no problems idles /accelerates like it should . Then it will start puffing white smoke . Like it is running out of fuel and then die out . I had a problem with rust in the fuel tank . I have relined the tank , changed out the pre screen in the tank , replaced the supply hose to the lift pump , replaced the lift pump , replaced the primary filter , replaced the secondary filter . The injector pump was rebuilt and installed 4 years ago . My thoughts are the injectors sticking when they get hot ? Injector pump going bad when it gets hot ? I have pulled the fuel cap off but only after the symptoms show up and at that point it may be to late ? I have to wait a couple of hours then bleed the injectors to get to run . After bleeding the injectors and its still warm I'll have the same problem . If I run to the shed and park it the next day it will start and run great for the 2 - 3 hours . I hope someone my have run across before

Randy Shoe · Apr 7, 2015

Could it be you have a bad head gasket and after a period of run time it starts leaking water on top of the pistons.

oldblue2 · Apr 7, 2015

I don't believe that is the issue . I don't any loss of coolant and the temp gauge never runs hot . Thanks for your thoughts . :roll:

mhb@ufe · Apr 8, 2015

(quoted from post at 02:39:06 04/07/15) Here my problem . I have a 1962 Super Major . Starts fine . It will run 2 -3 hours no problems idles /accelerates like it should . Then it will start puffing white smoke . Like it is running out of fuel and then die out . I had a problem with rust in the fuel tank . I have relined the tank , changed out the pre screen in the tank , replaced the supply hose to the lift pump , replaced the lift pump , replaced the primary filter , replaced the secondary filter . The injector pump was rebuilt and installed 4 years ago . My thoughts are the injectors sticking when they get hot ? Injector pump going bad when it gets hot ? I have pulled the fuel cap off but only after the symptoms show up and at that point it may be to late ? I have to wait a couple of hours then bleed the injectors to get to run . After bleeding the injectors and its still warm I'll have the same problem . If I run to the shed and park it the next day it will start and run great for the 2 - 3 hours . I hope someone my have run across before

Poor quality fuel can cause that problem as the injectors and injector pump depend on lubrication from the fuel. We have had problems with people running #2 heating oil instead of diesel fuel.

Mark

oldblue2 · Apr 8, 2015

I use fuel that's sold at a local gas station . I add Lucas fuel additive , a little Marvelous Mystery oil and a little auto trans fluid to the fuel . I add all this because the new fuels don't have the same lubricating properties that the older fuels had .

oldblue2 · Apr 11, 2015

I ran around this A.M. . Changed out the Battery then then the cables .Finally got it to light up , never been that hard to start before . Ran it around the yard lots of popping and white smoke . So I parked it and pulled the injector lines off and was checking for volume and equal spray from the injector pump . I did get a couple of revolutions in , and did see even pressure and volume . Then I the smoked starter motor . I have 2 cores now . I got a smoking deal on the last one I bought off E bay , a rebuilt one for $45 U.S. The man that sold it lived locally and drove over and picked it up . Said he bought it from a company that was going out of business for $ 20 . Got lucky there and don't think it going to happen this time . Well I guess I 'm the hunt for injectors and a starter .

oldblue2 · Apr 22, 2015

I thought I'd post this for others that may need a set of rebuilt injectors . I searched high and low in the USA for rebuilt injectors . The only place I found them was from a retailer in Massachusetts they wanted $ 125 per injector . I asked for help from the The Fordson Page web sight . They referred me to a Ebay add in Europe . I purchased a set of rebuilt injectors from Michael his Ebay name is hpmp2014 . The set of rebuilt injectors with shipping cost me $ 170 US dollars including the shipping . I hope this will help others in there efforts to keep these classics running .

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