SaltyOlive
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- Dec 7, 2019
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Hello, Yesterday I was grading with the 743 and it just turned off....after some investigation I found the tank hose had cracked off .... I replaced the hose, opened the bleeder on the injector pump area, pumped the bulb a few times, closed the bleeder, pumped the bulb till tight, turned on the glow plugs for 12 sec, and she started with a little struggle, a lot of black smoke and appeared to be running on 3 of the 4 cylinders, I cracked each injector and a small amount of air was released and at the same time found it was the cylinder closest to the cab that was the culprit....in the past year I've had a little issue at start up with one cylinder seeming like it needed to warm up, but then it would run great....today that one cylinder did not smooth out after warm up and I'm not sure if it's bad rings or injector .... for the most part it did not smoke at idle, but load on it, more subtle white smoke....and what seemed like a slight stale fuel smell....I did not check cylinder compression as I am new to diesels and did not have an appropriate gauge....any help would greatly be appreciated... Thank You