From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Tue May 10 2005 - 05:01:35 PDT
Dear Cousin Vinny:
The only thing I know about white smoke from a Diesel is that it can mean a
clogged fuel filter, resulting in too litle fuel. Have you tried replacing
that?
Arthur P. Bloom
www.M35products.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Bloom" <vbloom@DUCTMATE.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 7:22 AM
Subject: [MV] HMMWV smokes and loses oil pressure downhill
> At our museum, we have a HMMWV that's running pretty rough. It
> constantly pours out white smoke - at idle, under load, up hill, down
> hill, etc. It's been suggested that it probably needs new injectors.
> It has good oil pressure at idle - app. 45psi, but when you go down
> hill, it drops down to almost zero. When you level out, it goes back up
> to 45. According to the dipstick, it has enough oil. Other than this,
> it runs great. Does anyone have any suggestions on these?
>
> I haven't done much work on diesels in general, so any advice would be
> appreciated.
>
> Vince
> www.armormuseum.com
>
>
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