Joel 841 Diesel
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I bought a 1958 Ford 841 Powermaster about a year ago. It ran,but had a bad rod bearing.It also blew a fair amount of white smoke.
I rebuilt the engine and it runs fine, but still blows white smoke. Per the IT repair manual it says to set the injector pump timing to 23 BTDC if it has a CONN9A543 injector pump (which it does). My original Ford shop manual says to set it at 18 BTDC. It was at 18 BTDC when I bought it, and I set it 18 BTDC after the rebuild. 3 questions:
1. Is white smoke right after rebuild normal? I've only run about 15 minutes.
2. Can this 5 degrees of timing be contributing to or causing the white smoke?
3. Can I get 5 degrees of timing advance without bending the steel injector lines?
Thanks. Joel
I rebuilt the engine and it runs fine, but still blows white smoke. Per the IT repair manual it says to set the injector pump timing to 23 BTDC if it has a CONN9A543 injector pump (which it does). My original Ford shop manual says to set it at 18 BTDC. It was at 18 BTDC when I bought it, and I set it 18 BTDC after the rebuild. 3 questions:
1. Is white smoke right after rebuild normal? I've only run about 15 minutes.
2. Can this 5 degrees of timing be contributing to or causing the white smoke?
3. Can I get 5 degrees of timing advance without bending the steel injector lines?
Thanks. Joel