From: Darrell Ramsell (daram@comcast.net)
Date: Wed May 11 2005 - 00:31:31 PDT
Vince
If you want to eliminate the possibility of a water problem you'll need to
do two things.
The first one you already mentioned was to change the fuel filter. I would
also put in a fuel additive that's specifically designed to remove water in
diesel fuel. Once this is done then run the engine and open the drain valve
on the fuel filter. This will flush out any sediments and water that's in
the filter.
The next thing I would do is to get an oil change and have the shop analyze
the old oil for water. This is the best way to check if you have any water
or anti-freeze in the engine block.
Darrell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Bloom" <vbloom@DUCTMATE.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] HMMWV smokes and loses oil pressure downhill
> It didn't seem like it was water/steam in the exhaust, but that's a good
> point. I'll probably start with the fuel filter since it probably needs
> changed anyway, then work up in expense and complexity from there. We
> have another HMMWV that's basically a parts donor, maybe I can try
> swapping the pumps if I can't get it adjusted.
>
> Who has good prices on manuals for HMMWV's? I'd prefer printed manuals,
> but I'd settle to get them on CD if the price was right.
>
> Vince
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>
>
>
>
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