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What potential engine problems could I be dealing with? A few years ago my brother took my dad's 1984 truck through a river, it apparently died, he got pulled out and started it again
So now it actually still runs, but it chugs white smoke out like no tomorrow.
I can't tell you about lack of power because I haven't really ran it in a while.
If I get this fixed its mine to take /out/, what potential problems could it be suffering?
white smoke = water in cylinders.
check the oil cap for white mayo-like residue. if this is present, there's water in the oil.
if there's no mayo, check all the intake pipework for water. if there's no water just try idling it for ages to see if it improves.
if the smoke doesn't clear, it's your head gasket.
if you've had it parked since it got flooded, you can bet on the cylinders being rusted to shit. check if the engine turns before trying to fire it up as the pistons may have seized. even so, you'll probs have to skim the head and all of the cylinders, buy new pistons, rebuild the bottom end with new bearings etc
They've run it to move it around probably four different occasions, so the engine runs
I'll check oil in ten minutes
Oh I forgot to mention, it's the diesel engine if that makes any difference
Pretty dark, but doesn't look milky to me,, looks quite consistent
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does the smoke smell like diesel? does the engine have a turbocharger?
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Christ, that's sludgy. You might need a rebuild, OP.
Apparently it does smell like diesel, and yeah it's got a turbo