Under the file: 'what the heck was THAT?'......
Between the wife's car breaking down and me just not having time to work on it, I took the truck across the rollers one more time today for giggles.
Part of my reason for trying one more time 'as is' was because the convertor was definitely hot as I had just returned from Houston (40+ miles) and it was about 15 degrees cooler out (70 degrees).
Not quite half way thru the test, the truck stuttered, then belted out this HUGE plume of smoke from the tail pipe.
The guy stopped the test because we thought a line or something had broke.
We checked things over, couldn't find anything obvious, so he tried again. This time, no huge smoke cloud.
The NOx were almost double the original reading, and the CO2 was a lot higher too (I don't have the paper in front of me).
Driving home, truck felt NO different, but, now it smokes (some) all the time, not just the little puff at start up.
Debating right now if I should 'dig in' or just cut my losses.
Frustrated right now......
Frustrated that I like this truck a LOT.
Frustrated that I even if I had the coin, I don't know a reputable shop to help me with this.
Frustrated I don't have time to jack with it myself.
Frustrated that another used vehicle is just gonna have a new set of problems.
Yeah, I know, cry me a river.....
