Smoke from the engine compartment
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06-21-2021 | 08:41 AM
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Update - Well, here I am a week later after dropping the truck back off to the mechanic. Got it back a couple days later and he said he couldn't check out what the problem actually was because the OBD scanner wasn't connecting to the port under the dash and with that, I wouldn't be able to pass inspection when that came up. Now I know the port didn't work, in fact, nothing running off the IOD fuse worked when the truck was off, but worked when the truck was running, except the data port and the radio, which stopped working altogether.
Well, he decided to fix that and had to repair 22 wires coming off the fuse box connectors. Then scanned and found that the injector in cylinder #7 was stuck open and that cylinder was misfiring and he had to clean the injector and replace the plug. The wiring repair, etc., cost me another $400+ and now my exhaust system was falling apart, probably because of the power washing that was done and the hosing down from the fire department when the engine compartment was smoking. All that must have loosened rust and I ended up installing a band clamp, which did the trick.
Anyway, I get the truck back and after a day or so, it starts slightly missing again, then throws a P0420 and P430 code, referring to a problem with the cats and then a day later a P0155 code relating to the O2 sensor I just replaced. Oh yeah, and at the same time, started to blow smoke out the exhaust and now I have to see what that's about.
Not going to put anymore money into this truck, which is a shame because I've had it since it was new, has always run good and the interior is still in tip-top shape and in the past four months or so spent about $3k including new tire, brakes, plugs, power packs, etc., and now this ... smoke out the exhaust and more engine codes.
Of course on the upside, everything that ran off the IOD fuse that wasn't working before the wiring repair now works. This is a big plus, but what good is it if every time I turn around and fix one thing, two more repairs are needed? I guess a 17 year old truck with almost 279k miles is expected to die sooner or later.
Well, I gotta say that I am feeling very depressed over this, but we will see ...
Well, he decided to fix that and had to repair 22 wires coming off the fuse box connectors. Then scanned and found that the injector in cylinder #7 was stuck open and that cylinder was misfiring and he had to clean the injector and replace the plug. The wiring repair, etc., cost me another $400+ and now my exhaust system was falling apart, probably because of the power washing that was done and the hosing down from the fire department when the engine compartment was smoking. All that must have loosened rust and I ended up installing a band clamp, which did the trick.
Anyway, I get the truck back and after a day or so, it starts slightly missing again, then throws a P0420 and P430 code, referring to a problem with the cats and then a day later a P0155 code relating to the O2 sensor I just replaced. Oh yeah, and at the same time, started to blow smoke out the exhaust and now I have to see what that's about.
Not going to put anymore money into this truck, which is a shame because I've had it since it was new, has always run good and the interior is still in tip-top shape and in the past four months or so spent about $3k including new tire, brakes, plugs, power packs, etc., and now this ... smoke out the exhaust and more engine codes.
Of course on the upside, everything that ran off the IOD fuse that wasn't working before the wiring repair now works. This is a big plus, but what good is it if every time I turn around and fix one thing, two more repairs are needed? I guess a 17 year old truck with almost 279k miles is expected to die sooner or later.
Well, I gotta say that I am feeling very depressed over this, but we will see ...