Re: 826D Is it normal??

Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 29, 2005 at 06:55:47 from (209.226.247.147):

In Reply to: 826D Is it normal?? posted by 826TN on January 28, 2005 at 17:54:41:

826TN: I think it is working quite normal. I have probably clocked 200,000 hours of diesels under my care and control in my life time. A few of them didn't smoke for the first 1,000 hours when new. I can remember one truck in particular, at freezing temps, it would smoke so bad you couldn't see what it was 1,000 feet away. Cleared right up in about 30 seconds. On the highway it would outpull many other trucks, was very fuel efficient. It ran that way for 200,000 more miles, before needing repairs. I bought a new 1066 in 1975, didn't smoke when new, cold starting. By 2,000 hours it did smoke on cold starts.

People who tell you their diesels with more than 2,000 hours, don't smoke on cold starts are much like sport fishermen talking about the one that got away. They are liars. If your diesel starts well, has good power, doesn't leak all over the place, doesn't use excessive motor oil or anti-freeze. It's in good shape, if it aint broke don't fix it. This is precisely what made diesels so attractive, you didn't have to be tuning up all the time. They are just a problem for the guys who like to tinker.

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