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Ok so I bought an 2000 e450 with a 7.3L power stroke. Ran fine on the 2 hour drive home, parked it in my driveway. Have started it about every week or so to keep everything moving while it awaits my upcoming build.

Here's a video of my issue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6AYAC4RuLM&feature=plcp

Starts and idles fine, no smoke. About half throttle it stutters and then turbo starts spooling followed by white smoke. White smoke smells like raw diesel.

This is going to sound extremely dumb but when the vans off and you push the pedal to the floor it feels soft at first then it feels like its hard at half throttle (where the problem starts) almost like a second cable is engaged at half throttle. Is there some sort of valve or something thats supposed to open at half throttle?

Please no "its a ford" crap, and if you don't know a thing about diesels keep your fingers off the keyboard.

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White smoke occurs when raw diesel comes through the exhaust completely intact and unburned. Some causes of this include…


  • Faulty or damaged injectors


  • Incorrect injection timing (could be a worn timing gear or damaged crankshaft keyway).


  • Low cylinder compression (eg caused by leaking or broken valves, piston ring sticking, cylinder and/or ring wear, or cylinder glaze)

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check this page out. could help you some - http://www.dieselsmoke.com.au/

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Mids/Highs
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Two 1/0 run's
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Shuriken BT-100 under the hood
Shuriken BT-120 in the back

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Those old 7.3's are notorious for having injector problems around 200k.

Unfortunately the only way to be sure is to open her up.

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Yeah bronco thats my fear, my only thing is id like to be sure its injectors before i do anything. It requires me to drop the engine to get to 2 of the injectors since its in such a tight spot.

wait LOL im a fucking moron. diesels dont have spark plugs. im a dumb ass

wait wait wait... you werent joking? :rofl::rofl:

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