LLY: Knocking

juddski88

Freedom Diesel
Jul 1, 2008
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Chesterfield, Mass.
i thought for the longest time i had a injector or fuel issue..knocked when cold, no smoke....it was an exhaust leak....happened again this year when my up pipe bellows cracked
 

Fingers

Village Idiot
Vendor/Sponsor
Apr 1, 2008
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White Oak, PA
Check your pilot injection ECT timing table. Mine had a block of values that add like 14* of timing when it was cold. Knocked like a SOB when cold.
 

x MadMAX DIESEL

<<<< No Horsepower
Dec 30, 2008
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i thought for the longest time i had a injector or fuel issue..knocked when cold, no smoke....it was an exhaust leak....happened again this year when my up pipe bellows cracked

Mine knocks pretty good too and I just noticed today when changing the fuel filter, I have an exhaust leak somewhere on the passangers side. I would guess it's the bellow thats cracked... The whole back pass corner of the block is black, even the fuel filter was caked with soot. My truck also has wush wush sound when cruising maybe related to the leak its only noticeable when warm
 

JD4440

<< Lo-Carb Monster
Feb 27, 2009
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Mine knocks and when it does it loses 2-4k on rail pressure on my guage. sounds like timing rattle. I guess it's commanded though b/c it's not showing up in the logs apparently. Mostly at mid throttle starts, sounds awful.