Hi every one, im Matt, new to the school bus and diesel world, experiencing pretty much the same problem as Big11, on my 2002 E450 7.3 (Thomas Short Bus). I bought the bus in december and drove it from San Diego to San Fransisco without having this issue at all. I’ve been parked since and have ran the engine about every week or two. The engine is starting & iddling fine but spits clouds of white smoke and loses power on acceleration, still after putting in new fuel filter.
After inspecting rear engine while running, oil ish black liquid runs down the intake from drivers side before and out of turbo into the
Would anyone be able to help out with directions ? Is there a way i can be sure between head gasket fail and o-rings fail or i just have to pray for it to be the o rings if i start putting my hands in
Smoke would be blue ish if the injector cups were involved, is that right ? At worse rhe smoke gets a little gray but is mostely white. Could fuel/oil mix do that ? Not sure also what a missfire sounds exactely like.
Thanks for any help
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