engine Smoking

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aidank

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I have a bit of a problem with a smoky Perkins 4.236t in a wheel loader.

The engine was completely rebuilt, 3 years ago, new block as old one was porus, new pistons, liners, head, turbo overhaul, 1000hrs done since. Its not been a great rebuild, its smoky under low load high revs from new and now its got a constant wisp of smoke even at engine idle, white smoke rather than black or blue, and it appears to be getting worse.

Its got that much smoke a casual observer would say, something wrong with that engine or else its a lot of work done. however plenty power and no problem starting, and sounds good, idle speed is fine too. Smoke qty doesn't change ever after a few hrs working.

I dont think bores are glazed, it gets a workout everyday climbing a hill for 5 mins travelling on the road.

The smoke is also getting worse, I think. We dont seem to be using oil or water. The air filter and fuel filters are clean.

The diesel pipe is disconnected from the heater plug on the inlet manifold.

I think i need to advance the timing maybe, its a CAV injector pump.

Something Im wondering, is the BTDC angle always 22degrees for a perkins or is it a mix of CAV injector pump model and injector nozzle pressure.

anyone any ideas, feel free to share.
 
/ engine Smoking #3  
Sounds like bad injector(s) to me too. Probably dribbling or popping at too low of a pressure. OP didn't mention new injectors at overhaul or excessive oil consumption, so that would be my first suspicion.
 
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Gave a good wash a few weeks ago and found i had a leak in the manifold feeding the turbo, so new gaskets and fixed that- air side is 100percent now. Engine definitely running better.

Still not quite right.....

Current situation, - post warmup with no load on the engine I give it a bit of a revving, I get a decent cloud of black smoke, more than i should have.
Still smoking a bit under load too...........

Anyone any experience with rotating the pump to adjust the timing, its a regular CAV pump
 

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