From: Larry Tighe (larryradio@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue May 10 2005 - 11:09:37 PDT
Checked with my mechanic at lunchtime....suspect it's burning
antifreeze....also smell the exhaust...smells tells...antifreeze or oil.
lar
www.antiquetelephone.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Ramsell" <daram@comcast.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] HMMWV smokes and loses oil pressure downhill
> Vince
>
> I had the same problem with white smoke on my HMMWV. I tried everything
> to it, add fuel cleaner, new fuel filter, oil change, check water leak
> into the block and so on. What finally cleared it was having the fuel
> injection pump rebuilt. Not cheap though. Expect to pay $1,200~$1,500.
>
> One little tip I learned from this is if the smoke is white-white then the
> chances are that it's a water problem. If it's blueish-white the fuel is
> not being burned properly and is most likely caused by the fuel injection
> pump not working properly.
>
> Darrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vincent Bloom" <vbloom@DUCTMATE.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 4:22 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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