ok...who's the diesel specialist?

its weird...all i did was start it up and move it into shade [doing some repairs on loader] its always been a pain to start without spraying some starting fluid towards snorkel [when its cold,starts rite up if its been run at all that day] once its running the only smoke i ever saw was just a hint of whitish blue...no black fuel smoke even under load...now its harder to start but it may be battery was low...i havent tried starting it since i charged battery

i'm thinkin [well,hopin] an injector stuck but i cant get that ka-ching ka-ching noise out of my ear

anybody? i got enuff experience with diesels to be dangerous

thanks
chuck

the hard starting prob seems to have eased up with an overnite charge on battery but it still running real rich.

ok,i've got a manual but i'm not real sure if i understand injector removal procedure...once i remove lines and the 2 nuts holding housing the injector should come out??? or do i need a special puller?
thanx

I had a miss and no real clatter that turned out to be a sticking valve. I dumped in a quart of automatic transmission fluid in a half tank of fuel. That plus a new thermostat eventually got the valve loosened.

Cleaning is a good thing and might help substantially. If you are uncomfortable with the lapping, try cleaning completely first and then if you still have troubles, rebuilts are in order. A caution is that if you decide on cleaning, you must do an absolutely impecable job. Injectors don't like even a little dirt and grit.

The manual is very negative on using any kind of abrasive paste for the cleaning and recommend using tallow and a stick. I know I used a stick but I didn't use tallow. Pretty sure I used a very fine grade of diamond grit paste. I rubbed only until everything was shiny. Then I reassembled.

I may have felt desperate and just did what I could afford at the time. As I reread all of the manual, it appears I went outside of recommendation in my cleaning. So If you follow what I did, You'll be doing it at your own risk. I did it because if my cleaning didn't work, I wasn't out much because I'd be buying new (rebuilt) anyhow. As it was, I was very careful and it has worked for the last 10 years flawlessly.

And maybe there is something the matter with your fuel. I can't imagine dirty injectors causing the trouble you describe. A small amount of gasoline mixed with diesel would cause all the noises you describe. I'd drain your tank, put in new fuel. Drain the filters and replace them and bleed the system. Then start it and see where you are.