3820 smoking on startup.

[Texasmark]

Good info above and one thing I'd like to mention on these "A Series" cummins engines is that the A2000 and A2300 (2.0 and 2.3L 4 cyl) have a Bosch VE rotory style injection pump. These pumps by design are fuel lubricated. It is very important to have a lubricity additive for the dry low sulfur fuel. I use Stanadyne Lubricity formula, but anything is better than nothing.

I haven't checked the PS products for lubricity. The Sea Foam mineral oil is enough to be recommended over regular starting fluid for naturally aspired, carbureted, 2 stroke outboards engine starting either while troubleshooting, or hard to start situations.

 

[plshelby]

I have a 3820I that I bought with a blown engine. While it was apart I had the injectors rebuilt and tested each glow plug. after the rebuild it smoked white smoke really bad and I mean bad for about a minute. I spent many hours researching the problem and it turned out to be injection pump timing. I just loosened the two or three bolts on the pump at about 1400 rpm I rotated the pump until I heard the RPM come up. This was a simple fix and fixed my smoking problem. Hope this will help others with this problem.

 

[Texasmark]

I have a 3820I that I bought with a blown engine. While it was apart I had the injectors rebuilt and tested each glow plug. after the rebuild it smoked white smoke really bad and I mean bad for about a minute. I spent many hours researching the problem and it turned out to be injection pump timing. I just loosened the two or three bolts on the pump at about 1400 rpm I rotated the pump until I heard the RPM come up. This was a simple fix and fixed my smoking problem. Hope this will help others with this problem.

You were lucky in that an injection pump isn't a distributor and loosening and attempting to turn during operation is risky business......as I read. Manuals warn against it.

 

[kolob10]

Thanks for all the imput! I drained all the fuel and added new. I always have used power service additive. I have run the tractor hard the.last few days just to see it things clear up. It still smoked heavily on the last startup. I will try again today. Thanks again.