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Eric, I have one installed on a Goulds booster pump in my crawlspace. Works perfectly, with no external leaks. I am going to install one at my well house to improve well pump performance and longevity.

Not sure if mentioned. But ANY Hitachi/Metabo NR83 framing nailers. I have a couple of the old ones we've had for 20+ years and rebuilt a couple times. Amazing nailers. I picked up the new NR83A5 and love it, trigger is different but it's works well for me.

1. 1996 Chevrolet 2500 Still own this one, but ABS issues have caused some irritating brake issues. 2. 2007 Ford Ranger - 3.0 V6 Amazingly reliable pickup and did plenty of work for it's size, my wife rolled this truck last year, and it amazingly survived, I rolled it the same year..... It's...

If anything changes, I will be sure to update you all.

Thank you all for the suggested and comments. Here's the result: -Injectors were checked (not by me) -Glow plugs were checked -Valve cover removed and inspected. -Oil changed Reassembly, torqued cover to proper spec which solved the decompression lever issue. Finding nothing else wrong...

I'm curious if this could be caused by either injection pump timing (although this seems unlikely because nothing was changed there) or perhaps valve lash issues? I'm assuming the extra fuel at high load is causing an incomplete combustion situation. Though I don't know the remedy or diagnosis...

Okay. Replaced oil and filter, cleared up a lot of the exhaust (I'm guessing it was slightly over filled) except at high load ~2800-3000 rpm. Still blows smoke. Coolant and oil look fine, with no discernable contamination.

Makes sense. I will change that oil this afternoon, hopefully the 30 minutes of idle we have done hasn't caused any damage.

It has not. Oil was drained off to proper level. I did not think of that as a possibility.

Exhaust smoke at high idle. I topped up coolant and I'm letting it idle while I drink tea... After a while I'll shut off and check coolant level. But I did check prior to running and it was full, and oil looked good. Low idle burns pretty darn clean after warm up.

You'd think you'd hear tappet noise, I completely agree. It's kind of a noisy engine, but from what I can tell, valve lash is correct.

I think it's just a little cover, the lift pump is on the other side. Here:

It does not.

It's weird, eh? I personally didn't mess with the nut when we did the lift pump. My neighbor with the tractor is elderly, just full story, and the dealer tried to tell him this thing was junk several times before. I don't know a whole lot about diesels but I at least wanted to try and help...