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General Information => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Kantdrivefast on July 01, 2009, 11:41:26 am

Title: Timing and its affects...
Post by: Kantdrivefast on July 01, 2009, 11:41:26 am

So can timing cause alot of excess smoke or is that directly related to pump setup?

How to fix it?

Title: Re: Timing and its affects...
Post by: rabbitman on July 01, 2009, 05:44:59 pm

Quote from: Kantdrivefast on July 01, 2009, 11:41:26 am

So can timing cause alot of excess smoke or is that directly related to pump setup?

How to fix it?

Too retarded can make it smoke bad.

Title: Re: Timing and its affects...
Post by: rallydiesel on July 01, 2009, 06:36:20 pm

Yes and the smoke will be white/gray and smell like incompletely burned diesel. The engine will also "miss" a lot (run irregularly).